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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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Poshnosh
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: posh/nosh
Sentence: She would only eat food worthy of her position. Her poshnosh habit unforunately only involved rich food
Etymology: posh nosh
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like her tastes were Victorian. Hmm is that the dinner bell Beckhaming? - petaj, 2007-06-20: 23:23:00
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Grazecraze
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: grayze/crayze
Sentence: The latest diet endorsed by leading experts was the grazecraze which involved eating small amounts of food all day whenever one felt the urge - usually by nibbling bits of everyone elses snacks. The guy in the comic 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:
Grazey, man, grazey. - Clayton, 2007-06-20: 07:12:00
I've been ruminating on this. Bet I cud lose weight this way. Anybody got a Moo Pie? - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 08:43:00
you guys aren't going to milk this are you? - rikboyee, 2007-06-20: 09:00:00
Not me - I lactose kind of comments. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 09:09:00
you udder yet another pun! - jadenguy, 2007-06-20: 09:17:00
I'm gonna bovine another thing to do on the internet. i swear. - jadenguy, 2007-06-20: 09:18:00
Fine! Beef that way! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 09:20:00
goodness grazeious - great bulls of fire - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 09:24:00
Bullocks! Another freakin' song! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 09:38:00
cattle be stuck in your head for the rest of the day! - jadenguy, 2007-06-20: 09:50:00
Yep, til the cows come home. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 10:15:00
I got temporarily logged off - cow'd that happen? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 10:41:00
Dangus thing I ever herd of! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 10:56:00
Maybe it just happens heifery so often? - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 11:03:00
you guys are just so clheifer. I calf never laughed so herd - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 11:32:00
I like this brand of humor, it eases my moosery. - Alchemist, 2007-06-20: 14:44:00
well moosery does love cowpany - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 15:25:00
Hey! All this cow talk just reminded me that I need to send for the tickets to the annual Cow Flop. Thanks! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 15:53:00
I calfn't had so much pun in ages - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 16:40:00
I believe the word is "Cowabunga!" - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 17:12:00
can you stop punning??....i bet your not cowpabull...go on...i dairy you - rikboyee, 2007-06-20: 18:12:00
Never! I won't cow-tow to the likes of you! (I mean that in a nice way.) - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 18:26:00
I bet 5 bucks that we cowd goat on forheifer. But maybe it's time to steer the topic away. Can you ranch yourself away from cattle? No more sheep laughs at the cow's expense. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 23:19:00
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Microgorging
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: my-crow-gore-jing
Sentence: Her sad demise was attributed to MICROGORGING and other questionable habits.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Strongbad RULES ! - metrohumanx, 2007-06-20: 08:43:00
Well, no wonder. If she could just wait til the bell rang and remove her meal instead of just shoving the whole oven down her throat, she would have lived to a macro age. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 23:22:00
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Constipulsion
Created by: rephil
Pronunciation: kahn-stih-PUL-zhun
Sentence: Ada's numerous constipulsions meant that the waiter's order read like a manual for diffusing a bomb -- which, in fact, it was.
Etymology: compulsion -- an irrational need to do something; consume -- to use, eat; constipation -- a condition where the digestion is stuck in a particular state. Verb: (irr.) Constipuleat
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COMMENTS:
Too bad you can't enter both the noun and verb forms of the definition! - rephil, 2007-06-20: 10:00:00
I like the sound of both of them! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 10:12:00
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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.
Alphabedining
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: alfa be dyn ing
Sentence: Being a slave to fad dieting, Trixie had found a new regime to try. It was called alphabedining and basically you could order whatever you wanted as long as you ate fruits and vegetables in the alphabetical order of their names. So she would eat the apples, apricots or avocados first. Then the bananas, beans, beets next. By LMNO, she was usually full. At this rate, Trixie would never get to eat yams or zucchini again.
Etymology: Alphabet (a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language) & Dining (eating,consuming food)
Jockeychew
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Jaw/key/ch/uh
Sentence: As Dan cuddingly jockeychewed his way through the McD menu he masticated over a day when bacon would be served as a condiment and elasticated waistbands were a retro fashion accessory.
Etymology: Jockeychew v. Spicey mix of 1. Jockey n. (Usually weight conscious) person who rides on the back of an animal. 2. Chew v. to masticate.
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COMMENTS:
Do you want a PhD with that? - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-13: 12:41:00
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Snibble
Created by: Pythias
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His gaze was locked in utter horror as she could only snibble and nitpick her way around the pie.
Etymology: selectively nibble
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COMMENTS:
To snibble kibble can cause a quibble. (sorry!) - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-20: 09:18:00
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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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Biziet
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: biz-eye-it
Sentence: She just couldn't understand why she couldn't lose those last 2 pounds no matter what biziet she adopted.
Etymology: bizarre (very strange or unusual, esp. so as to cause interest or amusement) + diet (a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons)
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COMMENTS:
Very compact! Like it! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-13: 19:56:00
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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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