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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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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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Smorgasbored
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: smOr-giz-bOrd
Sentence: Selina sat in front of the food she just pulled from the fridge. She is smorgasbored and content to eat her blues away after being dumped by her boyfriend of nine years.
Etymology: smorgasbord, as in buffet/ bored, as in discontent or depressed
Eatmotion
Created by: RainbowView
Pronunciation: it mo' shun
Sentence: Eatmotion occurs where one eats more to shun emotional turmoil, using food to expand the stomach in order to put pressure on the hole in their heart, in hope that it might stop the bleeding.
Etymology: eat + emotion, eat + more + shun, eat + motion
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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Misereat
Created by: whimsy
Pronunciation: mi-zir-eat
Sentence: After he broke up with his girlfriend of three years, he had to misereat his way out of depression.
Etymology: misery + eat
Relationchip
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: reee lay shun tchippp
Sentence: women may come and women may go but you can rely on a good relationchip
Etymology: relationship chip (as in french fry)
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COMMENTS:
It's the only way to ketchup with your love life! - Nosila, 2009-09-29: 11:23:00
ha! - splendiction, 2009-09-29: 23:06:00
I agree! - mweinmann, 2009-09-30: 08:13:00
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Comfornance
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Com-for-nance
Sentence: When I found out my fish died I ate my comfornance to make me feel better.
Etymology: Comfor(t)+ (suste)nance
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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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!