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'I just ate ten bowls of cereal'

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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Comfeat

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: cum-feet

Sentence: After Rachel dumped him Doug indulged in comfeating.

Etymology: contraction of "comfort" and "eat'

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Emotiontake

Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: e-mo-shin-take

Sentence: Whenever her in-laws call, she spends at least four days emotiontaking to get over the ordeal.

Etymology: from emotion + intake

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Sadstain

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sad stayn

Sentence: When Eric's girlfriend dumped him he ate bowls of cereal to sadstain him. He would become Cap'n Crunch, count his Lucky Charms and begin to feel more Special, K. This was how he got his Kix and said his Cheerios to old flames.

Etymology: Sad (unhappy, sorrowful) & Sustain (to provide nourishment)

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Emofoovings

Created by: victy

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Etymology: emo-emotional....foo-food....vings-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.

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Upperingest

Created by: deannewby

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Soothey

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: soōðē

Sentence: Marcia wears her heart on her sleeve. This means that all too often she has that heart broken, or at least damaged. Whenever this happens she goes to her coping plan. Though she uses food to comfort herself, she works hard to keep it healthy. To make herself feel better, she will prepare a fruit soothey. She makes a point of using exotic fruits or fruits that are out of season to give herself a sense of importance. It usually just makes her feel broke.

Etymology: soothe (relieve or ease pain) + smoothie (a thick, smooth drink of fresh fruit puréed with milk, yogurt, or ice cream)

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COMMENTS:

Good word! - splendiction, 2009-09-29: 23:03:00

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Emotate

TerikaBrown

Created by: TerikaBrown

Pronunciation: e-mo-tate'

Sentence: I emotated chocolate when my boss called me incompetent at work.

Etymology: emo - sad and lonely music ate - past tense of eat

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Cheereal

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: chear - ee - ul

Sentence: Whenever Douglas felt sad or lonely, he poured a bowl of cheereal and he always felt better. He did not really know whether he actually liked the stuff but it gave him the warm fuzzies.

Etymology: Cheer, Cereal

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COMMENTS:

mrskellyscl I'll never look at Cheerios the same way again. No wonder we give it to 2 year olds. - mrskellyscl, 2009-09-29: 08:44:00

:) - galwaywegian, 2009-09-29: 10:01:00

Cheeryoh! - splendiction, 2009-09-29: 23:05:00

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Stuffensad

Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: stuff-en-sad

Sentence: I'm so stuffensad, I ate a pint of icecream all by my self.

Etymology: stuff + sad

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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!