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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.
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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
Nocturnosh
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: nok-TER-nosh
Sentence: After accepting that she was a habitual nocturnosher, Monica finally broke down and just put a mini-fridge in her bedroom.
Etymology: Nocturnal + nosh
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COMMENTS:
She sounds like a real nocturnoff. - petaj, 2007-03-26: 06:26:00
Well, since her husband works at night court (he is a nocturney), Monica is so lonely... - Alchemist, 2007-03-26: 07:35:00
A mim-fridge? It's classier than the vending machine I suggested... - Discoveria, 2007-03-26: 12:13:00
*mini-fridge - Discoveria, 2007-03-26: 12:13:00
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Chlug
Created by: Berlioze
Pronunciation: Ch lug
Sentence: Bob suddenly began chlugging all the food in our fridge last night!
Etymology: I thought of this as a combination of "late" and "chug", which became "chlug"
Yumber
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: \ˈyəm-bər\
Sentence: Connie woke abruptly by the sounds of her husband Fred noshing away at 1:00am. He looked at her and grinned through bites, "Pizza!, it's what for YUMBER!"
Etymology: Combination of YUM + Slumber
Hiberneating
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hye burn eee ting
Sentence: She hated his hiberneating. He would go to sleep afterwards, but his gut would talk all night
Etymology: hibernating, eating
Napsnack
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nap snak
Sentence: When Vanessa asked Hungry Harry what he was doing bringing pizza to bed, he told her he need fatty food to sleep properly. He called it his napsnack. She thought it was more like a siesta fiesta when washed down with his usual beer, Snooze Booze.
Etymology: Nap (a period of time spent sleeping) & Snack (a light informal meal) and Wordplay on Knapsack
Snoggle
Created by: reverb
Pronunciation: snaw-gle
Sentence: Hillary liked Bobby. And she didn't mind sleeping with him except for the fact that he was an habitual snoggler, who'd consume two boxes of cookies, diet coke and small chicken every night while he was sleeping. She didn't mind the crumbs, but she couldn't stand the constant slurping! So she game him an ultimatum. He said he couldn't sleep on an empty stomach. She told him that he would have to sleep in an empty bed.
Etymology: snore + snogger + hog
Gizzardofnod
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gizərd əv näd
Sentence: Dorothy has a strange affliction. Her system confuses sleepiness for hunger. As soon as she starts to feel drowsy her stomach starts the **feed me** signal. More often than not she gives into the GizzardofNod. Dorothy*s puppy Toto is all too happy join in with the munchings.
Etymology: gizzard (a person\'s stomach) + of (indicating an association between two entities)+ nod (have one\'s head fall forward when drowsy or asleep) Play off of the Wizard of Oz
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COMMENTS:
We're off to see the Gizzard...you're not in KansGas anymore...good word! - Nosila, 2009-10-12: 22:18:00
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Calorzees
Created by: azazn
Pronunciation: kal-or-zeez
Sentence: I haven't got the energy to sleep, I think I need some calorzees.
Etymology: calor- comes from calories and -zees comes from 'catchin some z's'.
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COMMENTS:
LOL. Nice one! - obgyn, 2007-03-26: 17:02:00
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Somnophagia
Created by: vetmommy2
Pronunciation: sohmm-noe-fay-gee-ah
Sentence: His somnophagia was so severe, he ate through all the cereal in the pantry right before bed each night.
Etymology: Somno- GK sleep (like somnambulism-sleepwalking) Phagia- GK- eat
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COMMENTS:
SOMNOPHAGIA is great! I didn't see your word on "today's words", but on the weekly.
Great work again, vetmommy2 - metrohumanx, 2008-07-13: 21:46:00
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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