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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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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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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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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.

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Consoleat

Created by: ozzymars

Pronunciation: kahn-so-leet

Sentence: After she dumped me, I couldn't help but to consoleat 12 boxes of Froot Loops.

Etymology: Console+ eat

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Bingumfort

Created by: tonya87

Pronunciation: Bin-g-um-fort

Sentence: When ever I'm depressed I can't help but bingumfort

Etymology: Binge= to eat until stuffed, Comfort= a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

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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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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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Emotionoodles

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: imōshənoōdlz

Sentence: Lance uses food to compensate for failed relationships. His current comfort food? Oodles of Emotionoodles. This has proved to be better for the budget than his prior therapy food, sadfron rice.

Etymology: emotional (arousing or characterized by intense feeling) + noodles (a strip, ring, or tube of pasta or a similar dough, typically made with egg and usually eaten with a sauce or in a soup)

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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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Fareapy

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: fare-a-py

Sentence: Food endorphins have been recognized by many in the medical community as a legitimate form of fareapy. Sugar, salt and fat, either alone or in combination can help with stress relief. Those fareapy foods that have shown the greatest success treating the following conditions are: 1)RBSO (rejection by significant other) - Captain Crunch or another cereal with no nutritional value except sugar, 2)Employment Fatigue - chips or pretzels with french onion dip and/or nachos with cheese and salsa, 3)EBAS (empty bank account syndrome) - whatever your mother is cooking, 4)TTOTM (that time of the month) - any Ben and Jerrys ice cream and/or chocolate, 5)Road Rage - Twizzlers or another chewy form of candy, 6)POT Stress (parent of teenagers) just clean out the cupboard and eat whatever you find in the back. Fareapy should continue until the patient has finished calling all her or his friends, or slept for over 24 hours. Other treatment options may include 7)Cartoon Network Stimulus or 8)Musication (playing the same sappy song over and over and over) until the patient has has time to heal.

Etymology: Fare: food + therapy: treatment of an illness or physchological condition

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COMMENTS:

Life's not fare...good word! - Nosila, 2009-09-29: 19:47:00

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