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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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Noshematics
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: nosh em at ix
Sentence: It was a miracle Janice was even alive; a string of sustenance superstition superceded sanity as she strained strombole through silk. for every meal, three square. her noshematics were often of much interest to the others aboard the station, but they were nothing compared to Marko's troughorensics.
Etymology: nosh + schematics
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COMMENTS:
simply startling she survived - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 11:14:00
some say she should'a seen some scythe surprise... - jadenguy, 2007-06-20: 12:46:00
strained stromboli sounds somewhat soupy - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 14:44:00
supposedly so. - jadenguy, 2007-06-20: 15:07:00
I've heard of others with a scientific approach. Bobby liked to have his portions weighed to the microgram and examined under an electron microscope on the plate to look for faults. He was into platetechtronics. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 23:02:00
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Unoreclexia
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: uhn - noh - reh - klehk - sha
Sentence: Dianne's unoreclexic behavior has led a lot of unoreclexia believers and a lot of doctors to question her reasons for her peculiar diet. She'd rather drink a soda through the nose or die. Upon hearing this, one particular doctor-- Dr. Pepper-- went mad.
Etymology: un [opposite of] + anorexia [loss of appetite and inability to eat] + eclectic [choosy; discriminating]
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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Anorexeating
Created by: blondibabi121692
Pronunciation: an or ex ee ting
Sentence:
Etymology:
Consumerotic
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kon soom er otik
Sentence: Although already thin, Skinny Minnie adopted a consumerotic attitude towards dining. She ate only healthy, lean, dietetically nutritional foods. She was passionate about passion fruit, loved dates and enjoyed the nut in all nutritional foods. She devoured everything she ate and savoured each morsel. She had highly effective metabolism (don't you hate her?) and could burn calories just by devouring goodies with her eyes (I do). Yes, she was drop fed gorge-ous!
Etymology: Consume (eat, devour,use up) & Erotic (giving pleasure; sexually arousing)
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COMMENTS:
Sometimes I worry about you Nosila - galwaywegian, 2010-01-14: 07:48:00
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Eggcentric
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: egsentrik
Sentence: Walt has tried every diet he can find in an effort control his weight. He\'s tried the grapefruit diet, the caveman diet and the raw food diet. His latest is the eggcentric diet. It is touted as a **rebirth** experience. Any food or drink is allowed as long as it involves eggs. Steak & eggs; fine. Eggnog; sure. Coffee; not so good.
Etymology: egg (an oval or round object laid by a female bird, reptile, fish, or invertebrate, usually containing a developing embryo) + eccentric (unconventional and slightly strange person or their behavior)
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COMMENTS:
eggselent word - galwaywegian, 2010-01-14: 07:48:00
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Treadmealing
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: TRED meel ing
Sentence: Harold hadn't lost any weight treadmealing because as his mileage increased so did the elaborateness of his buffets.
Etymology: sounds like treadmill: the exercise machine. tread (to walk) + meal (portion of food taken at one time)
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.
Dietscary
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: di-et-scare-y
Sentence: Marie's dietscary requirements consisted of whatever wacko fad-diet she read about in the supermarket check-out. One day she would eat nothing but papaya, another day, nuts and twigs. At least she never had to worry about her lunch being stolen.
Etymology: diet: a regulated system of food for health or cosmetic reasons + dietary: a system or regimen of diet + scary: frightening
Gourmandgo
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: gore-mand-go
Sentence: Some people thought Lenny was totally aliMENTAL, but he was a dedicated practitioner of gourmandgo. This diet regime required him to eat copious amounts of mangoes all the while fidgetlicking to burn up calories.
Etymology: go man go (encouraging cry for those exercising) + gourmandise (make a pig of oneself) + mango (yum, plus full of antioxidants)
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COMMENTS:
Don't blame me... I voted for Gourmand. - Clayton, 2007-06-20: 05:59:00
Appearantly, he had no grape desire to change his currant eating habits. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 09:46:00
No, he was persimmonently sticking to the regime, although the side effects of all that fibre were difficult to pear. He kept appleying himself to the diet the same way he plummed the depths in his study of Mandarin and was still olive long after his grandchildren started dating. They apricioted his efforts and did not ban a nana from joining him, although he was figgin ginormous after a couple of years. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 22:53:00
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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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