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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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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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Sadmealing
Created by: EffingCharms
Pronunciation: sad-meal-ing
Sentence: After sadmealing, he forgot that he was upset at his former girlfriend.
Etymology: sad- [the feeling of unhappiness, being unhappy] -mealing [eating, process of eating, eating a meal.]
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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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")
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
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
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)
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)
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!