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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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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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Good word! - splendiction, 2009-09-29: 23:03:00

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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)

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Snackalack

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: snack-a-lack

Sentence: Ye old lamente of the dumped: Oh fry, oh fry! my plover has left me for another. Needs must turn to snackalack as a balm for my troubled sole. Modern day translation: Bummer - my girlfriend taken off with my best mate. The only thing that will make me feel better is a roast chicken and some fish. Soul food.

Etymology: snack (tasty morsel) + alack (exclamation of sorrow, regret, or dismay)

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Comfeat

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: cum-feet

Sentence: After Rachel dumped him Doug indulged in comfeating.

Etymology: contraction of "comfort" and "eat'

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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

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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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