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DEFINITION: v., To eat a strictly regulated diet in order to compensate for a complete lack of control when it comes to drinking. n., A smoker and drinker who becomes a vegan in order to "reverse the damage".
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Proteinanasty
Created by: ambercriss
Pronunciation: pro-teen-a-nah-ste
Sentence: she is a proteinanasty
Etymology:
Aatkinnemia
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: at-kin-neme-e-ah
Sentence: Joyce may be AAtkinnemic, but I have to admit she seems a lot happier now.
Etymology: Alcoholics Anonymous + Atkins diet + anemia
Compensevegetariman
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Com-pensi-veja-tary-iman
Sentence: Worried about his excessive drinking and smoking, Delbert severely altered his diet, becoming a compensevegetariman.
Etymology: Compensate + vegetarian
Habitulate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ha-BIT-chew-layt
Sentence: Given her weakness for toxic substances, Miranda decide to habitulate on her diet, eating only 'healthy' foods in order to offset the damages done by drugs and alchohol.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'habit'(an acquired pattern of behavior that often occurs automatically) and 'capitulate' (v. to cease resisting : acquiesce)
Overflaw
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ōvərflô
Sentence: After a poor health report Richard decided to give his diet an overhaul. No more meat, no more dairy products, fresh local vegetables only... The plan has become an overflaw since he started smoking and drinking more to calm his jangled nerves.
Etymology: overhaul (take apart a piece of machinery or equipment in order to examine it and repair it if necessary) + flaw (a fault or weakness in a person\\\'s character)
Eatsference
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈitsˌfɚɹɛns/
Sentence: Eatsference sometimes also occurs between dietary restrictions, for example resulting in overeaters cooking only in organic lard.
Etymology: from transference + eats
Freerangedunhill
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: /Free-range-dun-hill/
Sentence: Skye's ambition to live a long and fulfilled life was secured by her choice of tobacacao, which was the finest blended freerangedunhill. She had her donor card tattooed on just in case of a tragic accident. She thought someone ought to get the benefit of her careful lifestyle.
Etymology: Freerangedunhill. Person who makes poor lifestyle choices due their own ignorance or blindness. From Free Range, allowed to roam as a chicken or stock animal, and Dunhill, a branded tobacco.
Nipinbuttrender
Created by: fourgirls
Pronunciation: Nip in butt render
Sentence: What a faithful nipinbuttrender. Craig's vodka and orange juice is a nice complement to his green summer leaf salad. However, I would go with a light cigarette.
Etymology: Nip of grog, cigarette butt, pretender or trendy
Vegedetoxicate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: veg-e-dee-TOXEE-kate
Sentence: At Yuletide, Bob was always the life of the party. And with a beer in one hand, a celery stick in the other, and a fag behind his legumiscreant ear, he always belted out his signature tune: " Cigarettes and Whiskey and Wild, Wild Wheatgerm," whilst resolutely vowing that the New Year would see him vegedetoxicate himself back to full health.
Etymology: Vege (vegetables) & detoxicate to remove poisons.
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COMMENTS:
Now that there's funny! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-10: 08:32:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you again remistram! And if you haven't noticed yet, let me tell you -- it's "Food Week" at Verbotomy ~ James
remistram - 2007-10-10: 08:45:00
I went to school with people like this.
I used to be a person like this, but I have given up on the vegetables. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James