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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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Comfeed
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: kuhm-feed
Sentence: Beware girls! That comfeeding you do during the holidays can leave you with too-tight jeans!
Etymology: com=first syllable of "comfort" + feed
Emockapy
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: emak-epi
Sentence: He emockapies himself with chines , whenever he is feeling sad.
Etymology: em from emotional , ock from shock, and apy from therapy.
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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Cannellonely
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: ca/na/lone/lee
Sentence: When Sam is blue he scarfs down a huge dish of cannellonely.
Etymology: cannelloni + lonely
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)
Comformunch
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: com for munch
Sentence: Terry had a bad case of conformunch. He'd eaten 7 boxes of biscuits since breakfast just to calm his nerves after being dumped.
Etymology: from comfort and munching.
Porktrance
Created by: bettyann9
Pronunciation: pork-trance
Sentence: Those twelve bowls of ice cream I ate when Bob dumped me put me into a real porktrance.
Etymology: pork + trance
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
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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Moodtrients
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mood tree ents
Sentence: Tony consumes moodtrients when dealing with emotional issues. His favourite moodtrition was found in bowls and bowls of cereal. Each mood was reflected in the cereal choice: Lucky Charms when he lost at poker; Cheerios when he was dumping someone;Froot Loops when he felt a little crazy;Alpha-Bits when he felt like spelling;Chex when his bounced;Quaker Oats when he felt like sowing his and Trix when he felt the need to visit the local ladies of the evening.
Etymology: Mood (a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling;the prevailing psychological state) & Nutrients (any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy & build tissue;of or providing nourishment; food)
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COMMENTS:
Funny! - splendiction, 2009-09-29: 23:06:00
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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!