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DEFINITION: v. tr. To eat in a peculiar or ritualistic manner in an effort to lose weight while consuming more. n. An idiosyncratic method of eating, usually adopted for "health reasons".
Verboticisms
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Fadieting
Created by: wallac44
Pronunciation: fuh-dieting
Sentence: My mother's weight keeps yo-yoing because of all of the fadieting she does.
Etymology: Fad and diet.
Munchrite
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: munch - ryt
Sentence: Marissa was very much involved in munchrite; a ceremonial 'dining' wherein she would endlessly and devotedly chomp on granola bars, a variety of nuts and dried fruits and other organic foods that she believed would insure her lasting health and vitality.
Etymology: Blend of 'munch' (to snack esp. extensively or frequently) and 'rite' (a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use)
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COMMENTS:
right on the mark - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-13: 10:31:00
And don't forget the entrail mix. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-13: 19:57:00
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Chompeculiarity
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: chomp + peculiarity
Sentence: He's got some chompeculiarities, for instance, he squishes his bread flat before eating it.
Etymology: chomp + peculiarity
Nomble
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: nomm-ball
Sentence: I love to eat grapes coated in cream cheese and chocolate, but so I don't absorb the fat, I have to nomble it.
Etymology: nom (slang for 'eat'; as in 'om nom nom'.) + nibble + gobble = nomble
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COMMENTS:
Fun word! - hyperborean, 2012-10-15: 10:37:00
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Vegebation
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: veg/uh/bey/shun
Sentence: Vegebation is the peculiar ritual Tiffany practises. She only drinks her food. She juicers all her vegetables and tofu together and drinks her meals to prevent wear and tear on her teeth and reduce facial aging lines from chewing. Vegebation is also part of the 'X-Man' cultasy which proclaims that this activity will reduce the side effects of youthanesia.
Etymology: vegetarian + libation; vegebation -n. An idiosyncratic method of eating, usually adopted for "health reasons".
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COMMENTS:
She must have been constantly in a vegebative state - how corny is that? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 10:43:00
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Gorgery
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: ˈgȯrj-rē
Sentence: Alice was a master of Gorgery. She figured 5 licks off of a Chicago Deep Dish Pizza slice would equate to only 3 hours on the Stairmaster tonight. Well, 2 if you dont swallow the flavorful spit.
Etymology: Blend of "Gorge" An instance of gluttonous eating + "Forgery" to make or imitate falsely with intent to defraud
Celeremony
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: SEL-uh-ree-moh-nee
Sentence: Elena reverently placed the perfectly trimmed stalks into place - a perfect pentagram (5 grams), in preparation for her nightly celeremony.
Etymology: celery, ceremony
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COMMENTS:
did she get much of a celeriaction - galwaywegian, 2007-06-20: 06:38:00
Ahh, preparation for celery sacrificing. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 08:15:00
I bet her body was riddled with celleryulite - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 08:43:00
Not only did she have celleryulite, but her carroted artery was clogged. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 08:59:00
The sacred celeremony is necessary to achieve vegemony. - Alchemist, 2007-06-20: 14:38:00
And after that is there a celerybration? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 15:30:00
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Snibbler
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: sni/bler
Sentence: In an attempt to lose 15 pounds in one week, the week before her wedding of course, Jan joined her sister's online weight loss support group and was now an official snibbler. Snibblers believe that as long as you snack and nibble from the plates of those around you and NEVER make a plate for yourself, the embarrassment alone will be a great motivator, as well as the many times your hand will be slapped away.
Etymology: Snack Nibble
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COMMENTS:
How can I join? - readerwriter, 2008-08-13: 18:01:00
It's like when you eat alone in the dark...no one sees so it does not count! - Nosila, 2008-08-14: 00:34:00
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Gastrowonky
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ga-stro-wong-kee
Sentence: Jill's diet has gone completely gastrowonky. She's decided to only eat things that start with the letter "G". Most of her friends pass on offers to join her for a breakfast of grapefruit with grated cheese. They run the other way when she mentions garlic granola.
Etymology: gastronomic (the art or science of good eating) + wonky (askew)
Grazecraze
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: graze/craze
Sentence: The latest diet endorsed by leading experts is the grazecraze which involves eating small amounts of food all day whenever one feels the urge - usually by nibbling bits of everyone elses snacks. The guy in the cartoon has been on the diet for a month and is pissed off that the girl is licking his next snack.
Etymology: graze (forage) + craze
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COMMENTS:
Good word - TJayzz, 2008-08-13: 15:21:00
Simple and effective - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-13: 18:23:00
Zippy word, J-wock! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-13: 19:45:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Robert J. Sawyer's Rollback. It may be science fiction, but when Rob gets rolling you can't help but laugh at the details of our daily lives -- like eating pizza. Rollback's pizza moment starts off with, "She was used to the way her husband ate pizza, but couldn't actually say she liked it", and then jumps right into the gory details. Thanks Rob! ~ James
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