Verboticisms

Created by: airlie

Pronunciation: snak-uh-MAY-nee-ah

Sentence: It wasn't that he dull. It wasn't that he was bald, yet hairy at the same time. It wasn't even that he snored and smacked his lips when he ate. It was that he ate impulsively and urgently, and so often in bed that drove the poor woman mad. Thomas's frequent pre-slumber snackomania irritated the living daylights out of Miriam, more than the crumbs that ended up in the bed. His nocturnal tachyphagus tendencies were really trying her patience... Rat poison featured too often in her dreames. Something had to give...

Etymology: SNACK: a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, esp. one eaten between regular meals, + MANIA: an exaggerated desire or enthusiasm for.

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COMMENTS:

You crack me up, airlie. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-13: 21:38:00

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Created by: sunny09

Pronunciation: slunch-eeze

Sentence: the only problem with slunchies is falling asleep with food in your mouth

Etymology: slumber, munchies.

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Created by: riflesandkids74

Pronunciation: nahk-yurn

Sentence: Julia's frustration with Geoff were most apparent in the mornings, when she would brush the crumbs out of her hair from his nocyearn of the previous night.

Etymology: nocturnal and yearn

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: nok-tur-nib-uhl

Sentence: Joan just can't understand Jerry's need to eat in bed. His nocturnibble habit may well be why she is considering separate beds in her redecorating plan.

Etymology: nocturnal (of or pertaining to the night) + nibble (small morsel or bit)

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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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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: moon/cheez

Sentence: He had an attack of the full moonchies, that irresistible urge to chow down and send himself to dreamland on a full stomach.

Etymology: moon + munchies

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COMMENTS:

Great word! Gets my vote. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-26: 07:59:00

Good one. - ErWenn, 2007-03-26: 08:58:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: sop or if eest

Sentence: his soporifeasts helped him sleep, but his breath ensured his partner stayed awake for hours

Etymology: soporific, feast

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COMMENTS:

This is soporlative, gets my vote! - Alchemist, 2007-03-26: 10:04:00

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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

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: moon/cheez

Sentence: It was just around midnight when Joe had a full attack of the moonchies, that irresistible urge to chow down and send himself to dreamland on a full stomach.

Etymology: MOONCHIES - noun - from MOON + MUNCHIES (food suitable, or meant for snacking)

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COMMENTS:

hey hey we're the Moonchies - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-11: 14:27:00

Did Queen Victoria have moonchies with Munshi? Excellent blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 19:08:00

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Created by: nostalgia75

Pronunciation: skahrf-uh-lep-see

Sentence: Jane could no longer stand it. Bob's receding hairline had already strained their marriage, but his scafolepsy was straining her patience past the breaking point; if he ate one more slice of pizza in bed she was going to kill him.

Etymology: scarf: to eat, esp. voraciously + narcolepsy: a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.

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COMMENTS:

Good word and funny! - hooterbug, 2008-07-11: 10:46:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-11: 14:28:00

Scarf out! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 19:10:00

Scarf out! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 19:10:00

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