Verboticisms

Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: Arti-cho-ker

Sentence: Lucinda fumbled around the bottom of her handbag for a matchbox, gasping for a light. Striking the match she lit the end of the celery stick drawing a deep drag from it. The uncontrollable hacking that accompanied being an artichoker must surely have it's benefits?

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: vej/eh/contrary/an

Sentence: Mary Mary was quite a strict vegecontrarian, either stuffing her face with fresh veggies or freshly rolled cigarettes, washed down with equal parts of spring water or vodka

Etymology: vegetarian + contrary (contrarian)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kom pote say shun

Sentence: Tara believed that if she ate fruit every time she had a drink, she would find compotsation for her vice. Her theory was that if you drank wine, which was made from fruit, you had to eat fruit to make up for the fruit lost during the fermentation process. Following her logic, one would eat potatoes if drinking vodka; sugar cane if drinking rum; roast corn if drinking bourbon and rice if drinking saki. If she had lived during Prohibition, she would have starved!

Etymology: Compote (dessert of stewed or baked fruit) & Compensation (a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors)

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: vej-TIP-uhl

Sentence: Bob a prodigal son notorious for his late night lavish spending on food and drink; hypocritical for his pious preaching of the importance of daily vegetipple.

Etymology: Blend of VEGETABLE: any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower & TIPPLE: to drink intoxicating liquor, esp. habitually or to some excess.

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COMMENTS:

cute - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-10: 12:32:00

Love it... - Nosila, 2008-09-10: 21:42:00

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Created by: LoftyDreamer

Pronunciation: os trich' i fi kate -- accent on 2nd syllable

Sentence: After sending his kid brother to buy him another six-pack and a carton of smokes, Bruno ostrichificated by preparing his evening meal of crispy tofu nuggets with soymilk gravy, broccoli crowns braised in vegetable broth, and filtered water.

Etymology: ostrich (animal which is alleged to hide its head in the sand at the first sign of danger) + ificate (to cause to happen)

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Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: SAH-tiss-vice

Sentence: Marjory's smoking and drinking habits were noting compared to her particular satisvice of herbal teas and organic foods. Unfortunately Whole Foods didn't sell her brand of cigarettes otherwise she could have shopped there exclusively.

Etymology: Satisfy + vice

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Created by: wjames

Pronunciation:

Sentence: After last nights debauchery, I have vowed to reinveganorate.

Etymology:

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I like it! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-10: 17:34:00

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Created by: Nounsense

Pronunciation: rē-gă-strŏ-lāt'

Sentence: After a hedonistic week away in Europe, Helen desperately tried to regastrolate before her parents returned. // The fear of having to use an electrolarynx encouraged Carlos to become a fully-fledged regastrolate.

Etymology: derived from the Greek word gastronomia, γαστρονομία

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: eh-qui-lie-bay-shen-ism

Sentence: Jen, a strict equilibationist, was a regular at the Salad and Cigar Bar down the street from her office. Each day after work she and her vegan friends would meet during happy hour for organic cocktails, free-range Buffalo Tofu and Celery Crisps.

Etymology: equilibrize: compensate for or counterbalance; make up or adjust for + libation: an alchoholic drink + -ism: a suffix that denotes a distinct system of beliefs, logic or social movement such as vegetarianism, veganism, consumerism, etc.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: lush/trish-uh/ist

Sentence: Jenny became a lushtritionist who converted to a very strict high protein and vegetable diet to counter attack her litre a day tequila lunches.

Etymology: LUSHTRITIONIST - noun - from LUSH (drunkard; alcoholic; sot) + NUTRITIONIST (the science, or study of nutrition)

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