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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".
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Vegebation
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: veg/uh/bey/shun
Sentence: Vegebation is the peculiar ritual Jenny practises. She is a vegetarian who only drinks her food. She juicers all her vegetables and tofu together and drinks her meals. Vegebation is part of the 'X-Man' cultasy which proclaims that this activity will reduce the side effects of youthanesia and prevent wear and tear on teeth and reduce facial aging lines from chewing.
Etymology: VEGEBATION - noun - fro VEGETARIAN (a person who does not eat meat) + LIBATION (the act of drinking; the drinking of a liquid offering as a religious ritual)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent ento! At least she's not reduced to mastication. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-13: 03:36:00
Eggcellent - Mustang, 2008-08-13: 08:23:00
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-13: 10:27:00
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Skimcal
Created by: Jmakin
Pronunciation:
Sentence: By skimcaling her dinner Alice got to eat her cake and have it too.
Etymology:
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:
veganomics - Nosila, 2010-01-14: 15:49:00
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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
Richewalesstic
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: rich/chew/a/less/tic
Sentence: The richewalesstic method involves a tic like motion which causes one to chew less and therefore absorb fewer calories.
Etymology: rich + chew + less + tic + ritualistic
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COMMENTS:
Sucking the marrow there owly. Bon apetit! - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-14: 11:00:00
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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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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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Idiosyncrasticate
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: id-ee-uh-sing-KRAS-ti-keyt
Sentence: Timothy's obsessive idiosyncrastication bordered on the pigoutlandish.
Etymology: idiosyncrasy + masticate
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COMMENTS:
He sounds like a compulsive obnoxious when it comes to food. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 04:01:00
Timothy should get together with Galwaywegian's character - sort of a Jack Sprat scenario - they'd chew and lick the platter clean - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 09:07:00
Timothy could masticate And Gal could lick and suck And so betwixt the two of them The lunch was out of luck - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 11:29:00
Timothy could eat a cake, and Gal could lick the bowl. But neither did so modestly. They had no self-control. - Clayton, 2007-06-20: 17:19:00
Timothy could chew like mad, and Gal would snort it up.
Chomp, grind, smack, slurp, lick, sip, sup. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 23:29:00
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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)
Ritestuffing
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ryte stuf fing
Sentence: Ava Dupois had developed a system called ritestuffing to try and watch her calories. If she ordered a big juicy hamburger with all the trimmings, she would be sure to order a diet soda with which to wash it down. Her logic being that the no calories in the soda would counteract the many calories of the burger. In her mind, you could undo all the harm that your favourite fatty foods might do simply by counterbalancing with non-caloric foods. By the same ritestuffing philosophy, she'd eat apple pie with low-cal frozen yogurt on top;mix rum with diet Coke; wash down chocolate cake with skim milk and eat French fries with diet ketchup. She dreamed she could market her philosophy and become the next big diet guru to make a fortune. Move over Jenny Craig and WeightWatchers! Although mentally she felt skinnier using ritestuffing, for some reason, she was having problems fitting into her clothes. This of course she put down to the theory of the dreaded shrinkhangers that lurked in her closet.
Etymology: Rite (ritual,of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals; any customary observance or practice)& Stuffing (overeating or eating immodestly; make a pig of oneself; fillng completely)& The Right Stuff (You've got what it takes, and then some!)
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COMMENTS:
Goddess of glee! Pasha of puns!
Ava Dupois, INDEED! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-13: 03:33:00
Very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-13: 18:23:00
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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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