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DEFINITION: v. tr. To eat in a peculiar or ritualistic manner in an effort to lose weight while consuming more. n. An idiosyncratic method of eating, usually adopted for "health reasons".
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Celeremony
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: SEL-uh-ree-moh-nee
Sentence: Elena reverently placed the perfectly trimmed stalks into place - a perfect pentagram (5 grams), in preparation for her nightly celeremony.
Etymology: celery, ceremony
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COMMENTS:
did she get much of a celeriaction - galwaywegian, 2007-06-20: 06:38:00
Ahh, preparation for celery sacrificing. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 08:15:00
I bet her body was riddled with celleryulite - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 08:43:00
Not only did she have celleryulite, but her carroted artery was clogged. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 08:59:00
The sacred celeremony is necessary to achieve vegemony. - Alchemist, 2007-06-20: 14:38:00
And after that is there a celerybration? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 15:30:00
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Snibble
Created by: Pythias
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His gaze was locked in utter horror as she could only snibble and nitpick her way around the pie.
Etymology: selectively nibble
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COMMENTS:
To snibble kibble can cause a quibble. (sorry!) - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 09:18:00
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Ritestuffing
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ryte stuf fing
Sentence: Ava Dupois had developed a system called ritestuffing to try and watch her calories. If she ordered a big juicy hamburger with all the trimmings, she would be sure to order a diet soda with which to wash it down. Her logic being that the no calories in the soda would counteract the many calories of the burger. In her mind, you could undo all the harm that your favourite fatty foods might do simply by counterbalancing with non-caloric foods. By the same ritestuffing philosophy, she'd eat apple pie with low-cal frozen yogurt on top;mix rum with diet Coke; wash down chocolate cake with skim milk and eat French fries with diet ketchup. She dreamed she could market her philosophy and become the next big diet guru to make a fortune. Move over Jenny Craig and WeightWatchers! Although mentally she felt skinnier using ritestuffing, for some reason, she was having problems fitting into her clothes. This of course she put down to the theory of the dreaded shrinkhangers that lurked in her closet.
Etymology: Rite (ritual,of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals; any customary observance or practice)& Stuffing (overeating or eating immodestly; make a pig of oneself; fillng completely)& The Right Stuff (You've got what it takes, and then some!)
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COMMENTS:
Goddess of glee! Pasha of puns!
Ava Dupois, INDEED! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-13: 03:33:00
Very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-13: 18:23:00
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Eatiosyndiet
Created by: diplogreeable
Pronunciation: eet-ee-o-sin-dy-et
Sentence: Kelly was clearly experiencing a case of eatiosyndiet as she ritualistically averted the cheese in her omelette in order to eat a low fat meal.
Etymology: Eat + idiosyncrasy + diet
Treadmealing
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: TRED meel ing
Sentence: Harold hadn't lost any weight treadmealing because as his mileage increased so did the elaborateness of his buffets.
Etymology: sounds like treadmill: the exercise machine. tread (to walk) + meal (portion of food taken at one time)
Safepecks
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: safe-pex
Sentence: After failing on both the Fatkins Diet and SlimFat, Louise tried practicing Safepecks, slowly nibbling on small bits of food. Unfortunately, for her, it only meant that it took her two hours to finish off the entire pizza.
Etymology: safe sex, peck
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COMMENTS:
It's important to use condiments. - Clayton, 2007-06-20: 05:56:00
especially if you're a dominoatrix - galwaywegian, 2007-06-20: 06:41:00
You guys are hot and cheesy today! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 06:49:00
Saucy, even. - Clayton, 2007-06-20: 07:08:00
Pizza with condiments - sounds like sheaths on toast. The Welsh like a rarebit, and salesmen like to celibate. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 08:24:00
Louise was a Pizza Slut. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 08:54:00
A crusty, hand-tossed Pizza Slut. - Clayton, 2007-06-20: 17:23:00
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Glutsploit
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /glʌtsplɔɪt/
Sentence: He spent much effort tyring to glutsploit his diets and fitnesse his exercise schemes, searching for a lazy way to lose weight. He did succeed in losing weight, but in the end, his complicated methods involved more work than he would have spent on calorie-counting and daily exercise. Some think that his weight loss was due more to the extreme stress caused by his methods than it was to the methods themselves.
Etymology: From glut + exploit
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COMMENTS:
Wow - no wonder it took you so long to get that sentence out - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 12:36:00
That actually only took a few minutes. I just had to go teach my classes for the day beforehand, and I wanted to get a word out first in hopes of gleaning some morning votes. - ErWenn, 2007-06-20: 18:01:00
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Gorgery
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: ˈgȯrj-rē
Sentence: Alice was a master of Gorgery. She figured 5 licks off of a Chicago Deep Dish Pizza slice would equate to only 3 hours on the Stairmaster tonight. Well, 2 if you dont swallow the flavorful spit.
Etymology: Blend of "Gorge" An instance of gluttonous eating + "Forgery" to make or imitate falsely with intent to defraud
Richewalesstic
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: rich/chew/a/less/tic
Sentence: The richewalesstic method involves a tic like motion which causes one to chew less and therefore absorb fewer calories.
Etymology: rich + chew + less + tic + ritualistic
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COMMENTS:
Sucking the marrow there owly. Bon apetit! - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-14: 11:00:00
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Eggcentric
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: egsentrik
Sentence: Walt has tried every diet he can find in an effort control his weight. He\'s tried the grapefruit diet, the caveman diet and the raw food diet. His latest is the eggcentric diet. It is touted as a **rebirth** experience. Any food or drink is allowed as long as it involves eggs. Steak & eggs; fine. Eggnog; sure. Coffee; not so good.
Etymology: egg (an oval or round object laid by a female bird, reptile, fish, or invertebrate, usually containing a developing embryo) + eccentric (unconventional and slightly strange person or their behavior)
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COMMENTS:
eggselent word - galwaywegian, 2010-01-14: 07:48:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Robert J. Sawyer's Rollback. It may be science fiction, but when Rob gets rolling you can't help but laugh at the details of our daily lives -- like eating pizza. Rollback's pizza moment starts off with, "She was used to the way her husband ate pizza, but couldn't actually say she liked it", and then jumps right into the gory details. Thanks Rob! ~ James
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