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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.
Verboticisms
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Sadisfy
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: sad-is-fy
Sentence: Food will sadisfy my empty stomach as well as my empty heart.
Etymology: sad + satisfy
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COMMENTS:
Very cute! - tonya87, 2007-03-12: 15:02:00
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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)
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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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
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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Pitygraze
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: pit-e-grayze
Sentence: Feeling lonely, Bob found comfort by pitygrazing on 2 boxes of Wheat Thin crackers.
Etymology: pity (to feel sorry for something) + graze (to feed on something)
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COMMENTS:
good one. - galwaywegian, 2007-03-12: 07:18:00
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Crynge
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: crynj
Sentence: Whenever Donald was depressed, worried or feeling rejection he would crynge on his favorite cereal, Sugar Pops, until his mood improved.
Etymology: Blend of 'cry' and 'binge' ("v. to have a binge: to binge on junk food")
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.
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:
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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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
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!