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DEFINITION: v. To eat your favorite food, not because you are hungry, but because you are feeling sad or lonely. n. Food which is eaten to satisfy emotional cravings.
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Caloriecrutch
Created by: chercherlalun
Pronunciation: calorie-crutch
Sentence: to get me through a tough spell I used Ben and Jerry's ice cream as a caloriecrutch
Etymology: from the latin word calorie meaning to stuff one's face.
Comfornance
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Com-for-nance
Sentence: When I found out my fish died I ate my comfornance to make me feel better.
Etymology: Comfor(t)+ (suste)nance
Emofoovings
Created by: victy
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: emo-emotional....foo-food....vings-cravings
Fodderfigure
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: fod dur fig err
Sentence: at times of stress he turned to a fodderfigure, before turning into a blimp.
Etymology: father figure, fodder
Eatmotional
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: eet-moe-shun-al
Sentence: Something about the Grammys makes me very eatmotional. Why else would I sit there sobbing and polish off a whole bag of Oreos.
Etymology: Eat + Emotional
Securrytea
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: se/cur/ee/tee
Sentence: When Dan was upset he longed for a big mug of securrytea. The hot spicy liquid brought tears to his eyes and helped him through his crisis.
Etymology: security + curry + tea
Compyfood
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: compyfood
Sentence: When i´m sad, loneley or blue, i always get better with compyfood
Etymology: compensation food
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like an advertisement. - petaj, 2007-03-13: 05:04:00
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Cornsolation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: korn so lay shun
Sentence: Kernel Bran Dunne was so upset after his girlfriend Maizy dumped him that he went AWOL. At his home, he sought cornsolation in eating ten bowls of corn flakes. When the MP's found him, after he made a gluten of himself, they rushed him to the infirmary. Luckily, the medics were able to save him. Hominy was restored and another senseless cereal killing was avoided!
Etymology: Corn (ears of corn grown for human food; tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in American breakfast foods. & Consolation (the comfort/relief you feel when consoled in times of disappointment)
Satisfation
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: sat-iss-fat-ion
Sentence: Nigel knew that evolution has led to the human body craving fat under times of stress. He also knew trying to fight his anxiety with carbohydrate consumption made him fat. But he couldn't resist the feeling of satisfation he got from half a packet of biscuits.
Etymology: satisfaction (feeling of wellbeing) + fat (consisting of fat; a corpulent or obese person)
Chumpchomp
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: chump-chomp
Sentence: Charlie chumpchomped several helpings of chips after Charlotte dumped him for his best friend Churchill.
Etymology: Chump + chomp. Chump: loser. Chomp: eat; suggests excessive chewing/biting action.
Comments:
Osomatic - 2007-03-12: 13:34:00
Oooh! I was trying to think of something for Prozac, and nothing came to mind. Well done!