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DEFINITION: n. A sudden, uncontrollable desire to eat something fast, usually occurs at bedtime. v. To eat food while lying in bed.
Verboticisms
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Sleepapnibble
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: slEEp-ap-nib-ble
Sentence: Jill suffers from sleepapnibble, a sleep eating disorder that has her feasting at all hours of the night.
Etymology: sleep apnea/nibble
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COMMENTS:
Like the connection, the idea that the hunger keeps the sufferer awake. Good stuff! - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-26: 08:01:00
If Jill stops breathing during a sleepapnibble episode it could lead to sleepapnibbledribble - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-26: 15:52:00
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Nibblezz
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: nib L ZZ
Sentence: “Whaaat ‘re ya doinzzzzzzzz?” she quietly hissed into sleep. His thick hand slid out from under her pillow with the remnants of last night’s nibblezzes; he’d been looking forward to the prebed nosh all night. “Tmuck, tmack...”, he nibbledzz straight into zzzz.
Etymology: From: nibble and zz (sleep).
Noctankering
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: nokt-ank-er-ring
Sentence: The constant noctankerings and the free donuts at work were the two biggest factors in Humphrey's weight problem
Etymology: nocturnal + hankering
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like the noctankering turned Humphrey into a tank. - wordmeister, 2007-03-27: 00:53:00
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Munchiephagia
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: munchiephagia
Sentence: Slurp n Burp ;) Since he behaved regularly like a victim of munchiephagia he became more and more a bad influence on my own eating-habits...
Etymology: to have the munchies + medical term adephagia = munchiephagia
Compiefood
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: compie food
Sentence: if there is no sex i will take compiefood
Etymology: compensation food
Vitotic
Created by: chaok
Pronunciation: Vee-taw-tihk
Sentence: Resisting my vitotic sensations was one of the key ways I lost a lot of my weight.
Etymology: This comes from an episode of "Viva la bam", where Vito lays on a bed and eats several chicken wings as a prank on Johnny Knoxville. Thus, when you are eating in bed you are being like vito.
Snackzzzs
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: snakzzzs
Sentence: Lolita always snackzzzs. Barny doesn't know if she is awake or sleeping but she suddenly jumps out of bed and returns with leftovers. Sometimes he isn't sure whether she is snoring or chewing.
Etymology: snack, zzzs
Nightstoker
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: nye/t/stoker
Sentence: He kept it hidden by day but he became the nightstoker at bedtime.
Etymology: night stalker + stoke (feed)
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COMMENTS:
Maybe that's really blood on the pizza and he becomes a Bramnightstoker - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-26: 12:28:00
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Nocturnalnosh
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: nok - TERN - uhl - nosh
Sentence: Brent was voracious and his appetite reared it's head at the most inopportune times, especially at bed time, and he always succumbed to temptation, sometimes even at the expense of a romantic interlude with his wife, Brenda.
Etymology: Blend of 'nocturnal' (active at night) and 'nosh' (to snack or eat between meals)
Grubstruck
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: grub-struk
Sentence: At two in the morning Doug was suddenly grubstruck and had to hurry off to the fridge to fix himself a teetering dagwood.
Etymology: "grub", as in food; "struck" as in a blow
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41.
Thank you ziggy41! ~ James
lumina - 2008-07-11: 20:40:00
Omg...I laughed out loud on this one!
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41. Thank you ziggy41. ~ James