Verboticisms

Created by: jesster

Pronunciation: fast - nat - ic

Sentence: Amy was such a fastnatic when she was on the Grapefruit Diet that she refused to eat the dessert we had prepared especially for her - fruit salad containing only grapefruit.

Etymology: fast (to abstain from food ) + fanatic (marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion)

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: miss + cake

Sentence: Oh, this pastry is going to be a miscake, I just know it... why can't I ever stick to a diet?

Etymology: Mistake. But with cake. Yep.

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Created by: kellii3

Pronunciation: foo-en-por

Sentence: i stared at the cupcake it looked like it was fooenpor

Etymology: foo-(food) en-(enormus) por-(portion)

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COMMENTS:

i luv this word too - kellii3, 2007-07-24: 14:39:00

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Created by: dancerxoxox

Pronunciation: des-sent-ory

Sentence: i decided to follow a dessentory for a couple of months.

Etymology: dessert+dinner+diet. all in one

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Diss-kun-fek-tuh-vate

Sentence: Nancy started out by promising herself to only eat one Twinkie, but after three bites began disconfectivating that she'd actually eaten an entire box and then fed the remaining hunk of Twinkie into the garbage disposal, if a bit gleefully, for good measure.

Etymology: Disconnect + confection + perspective + activate

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COMMENTS:

Wow. Twinkie abuse is a terrible crime. I bet she batters brownies as well. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-23: 13:19:00

not only that but she beats eggs and whips cream - a real domincaketrix - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-23: 13:24:00

Don't forget that she's dancing in the kitchen while all of this is going on, since the first five letters of her sickness spell "Disco". - Kyoti, 2007-07-23: 13:28:00

Dare I say she chops nuts? - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-23: 13:31:00

an impressive tidbit of discolore - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-23: 13:34:00

okay okay - if purple can talk about chopping nuts, how about balling melons - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-23: 13:38:00

HA! - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-23: 13:41:00

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Created by: mestresuzuka

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology: Diet+Detonate

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Created by: Dboozer

Pronunciation: pree-empt-iv-or-ous

Sentence: Julie was so preemptivorous that she would throw herself on OTHER'S desserts to save them from over-indulging.

Etymology: pre-emptive + vorous (as in "omnivorous," "carnivorous," etc.)

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: ehg-ZAJ-ur-eet

Sentence: Alex's ice-cream date was ill-fated, as the young lady had exaggereaten one sample spoon of lowfat sugar-free vanilla sorbet and complained about how it would go straight to her hips.

Etymology: exaggerate + eat

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: foo-doo

Sentence: Having no luck with Atkins, Sue turned to the ancient religion of portion control and fudge avoidance, foodoo.

Etymology: food, voodoo

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COMMENTS:

does foodoo deal with deities or dieties - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-23: 15:22:00

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Dye-et-tick-yoo-less

Sentence: Suzie is just too dieticulous, she said to buy new spoons because she could smell carbohydrates on the ones we have.

Etymology: Diet (certain foods one eats) + meticulous (rigorous)

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