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DEFINITION: To eat your favorite food, not because you are hungry, but because you are feeling sad or lonely.
Verboticisms
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Comfortreat
Created by: elron
Pronunciation: cum-for-treet
Sentence: After I lost my job, my house burned down, my dog got hit by a truck, and my whole family was killed in a horrible industrial accident, I grabbed my Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey to comfortreat.
Etymology: comfort + treat
Loneafeed
Created by: dclaxton
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My boyfriend and I broke up, so I ate loneafeed for three days.
Etymology:
Depilge
Created by: leeannhamers
Pronunciation: dip-ill-ja
Sentence: i hate my body so i depilge
Etymology: depression/ bilge
Gloomandize
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gloo/muhn/deez
Sentence: He was so upset that his girlfriend dumped him that he pulled out his favourite cereal, Cheerios (how ironic), and had a major gloomandize session eating the whole box non-stop.
Etymology: gloom + gormandize (to eat greedily or ravenously)
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COMMENTS:
You hit the nail on the head, StevO. A great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-05: 22:47:00
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Cuisuccor
Created by: Pseudonym
Pronunciation: kwiz-uck-or
Sentence: "Don't knock prawns and ice cream; you have your cuisuccor, and I have mine."
Etymology: cuisine + succor
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COMMENTS:
Great word but might be too cerebral for a lot of voters. - elron, 2007-09-05: 09:42:00
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Blubbume
Created by: skepsis
Pronunciation: blub-ume
Sentence: Charlie would blubbume after every game he lost.
Etymology: blubber and consume
Pitygorge
Created by: shiftysquid
Pronunciation: Pi-tee-gorj
Sentence: When those bastards fired me, I just went into pitygorge mode with that jug of ice cream.
Etymology: Pity + gorge
Suisideofbeefal
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: sue-i-side-of-BEEF-al
Sentence: Bob couldn't just comfort eat, he went the whole hog -- he was suisideofbeefal.
Etymology: suicidal + side of beef
Chompensate
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: chomp/en/sate
Sentence: Stu would often chompensate for his loneliness with a big bowl of granola.
Etymology: chomp + compensate + sate
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COMMENTS:
Very Good! Very Catchy! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-05: 09:43:00
nice - FreeToys, 2007-09-05: 12:16:00
Great! - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-05: 15:29:00
Missed your amaaazzzzzzzing words and comments the last month! You hit a home run with your first word back!! Great word!!! - Stevenson0, 2007-09-05: 17:35:00
Greatest comeback since Gen. MacArthur. A real bobbydazzler! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-05: 22:36:00
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Doldrumstick
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: dohl-druhm-stik
Sentence: He was a doldrumsticker for months after his girlfriend left him.
Etymology: doldrum - (sad, listless) stick - (from drumstick as in chicken leg)
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COMMENTS:
I think I would opt for the ice cream versions of drumsticks - nice word - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-05: 12:26:00
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Comments:
therapeating
doh. wrong box. too early.