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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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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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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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Therapeat

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: thair-ah-peet

Sentence: after she got home from her nieces wedding, she desperately needed to therapeat

Etymology: therapy, eat

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COMMENTS:

I think that I will start using this word in my dayly usage. - tonya87, 2007-03-12: 15:06:00

i'm on a diet, and i am dying to therapeat ! - mana1066, 2007-03-12: 22:06:00

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Gloomulimia

Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: gloom-a-lee-mee-a

Sentence: I have a bad case of doritos gloomilimia... or is it the munchies?

Etymology: gloom+bulimia

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Upperingest

Created by: deannewby

Pronunciation:

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Etymology:

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Proznack

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: PROH-snak

Sentence: When his HMO denied his claim for anti-depressants, Terry turned to Proznacking. I hear he is up to 4 boxes of FiddleFaddle a day.

Etymology: Prozac (popular antidepressant) + snack

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COMMENTS:

nice - galwaywegian, 2007-03-12: 07:03:00

A vote for effort! :D - Discoveria, 2007-03-12: 19:19:00

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Soothey

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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Comforteating

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: com-fort-eet-ing

Sentence: It was a vicious circle, he comfortate to fell better, but that made him fat, so he comfortate to feel better...

Etymology: I think I got this one from "Paul McKenna will make you thin!"

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COMMENTS:

Comfort eating is what we would call this verboticism anyway. It's like that other one where there was already a phrase in use (Freudian slip). - Discoveria, 2007-03-12: 11:53:00

Can't you be more original then that? Lame - tonya87, 2007-03-12: 15:03:00

tonya87, that wasn't very encouraging...I didn't mean to start anything. - Discoveria, 2007-03-12: 19:19:00

Well, I must say I used that one precisely because there already existed a definition. I think it should be evaluated next to new ones. - allwise, 2007-03-13: 04:50:00

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