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DEFINITION: v. To follow a diet with such rigor and fervor that it consumes all your energy, and throws everything, even your desserts, out of proportion. n. A person who thinks too much about what they eat.
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Carbohydraniac
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kar bo hy dray nee ak
Sentence: Jenny had become such a carbohydraniac after all her many diets, that she avoided carbs like the plague. Over the years she had tried Dr.Atkins, Weight Watchers, South Beach, Scarsdale and every other popular diet plan. She finally developed her own program and Ms. Craig is now wealthy like those other diet's designers. It is good to find a method to lose weight...it is even better to find one that allows you to get rich by helping others lose weight!
Etymology: Carbohydrate (an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain;) & Maniac (an insane person)
Foodessive
Created by: lebeast
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Cupcake : "this is one foodessive broad".
Etymology: food+obsessed
Atkinize
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: atkin - ize
Sentence: Jill would Atkinize over her diet plans to the point of messing herself up.
Etymology: Atikins + ize
Nuerexic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: neur/ex/ic
Sentence: She was a text book neurexic, totally obsessed with losing her appetite.
Etymology: neurotic + anorexic
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COMMENTS:
- erasmus, 2007-01-12: 07:46:00
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Ultimatumeal
Created by: IanArcher
Pronunciation: ul-ti-MAY-tuhm-eel
Sentence: Once i started South Beach, I found myself vacillating between cheating and ultimatumealing.
Etymology: from "ultimatum" and "meal"
Anoxtremia
Created by: weyrlady
Pronunciation: anox-trem-i-a
Sentence: In the throes of anoxtremia, she refused even the butterless popcorn.
Etymology: A combination of "anorexia" and the phrase "in extremia".
Disciplane
Created by: ToblerOne
Pronunciation: Dis-ci-plane
Sentence: Donna's diet exemplified her disciplane behavior. She was so crazy she wouldn't even eat a tic-tac.
Etymology: Discipline + Insane
Trinime
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: Tri-nime
Sentence: ooohhwww I want, but it's trinime
Etymology: tricky nice meal
Hallucineat
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: hu-loos-uh-neet
Sentence: If she concentrated hard enough, Sheila could hallucineat without consuming a calorie or sacrificing flavor.
Etymology: hallucinate + eat
