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'This cupcake is evil! I must destroy it, before it destroys me.'

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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Abstrain

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: abstrān

Sentence: Barbara*s mother is the tour guide for any guilt trip. Barb grew up hearing **Watch what you eat, you don*t want to end up like Aunt Maggie**. The fact that her aunt was adopted and has nothing to do with her genetics doesn*t seem to matter. At every meal she will abstrain from eating anything she enjoys. She has taught herself to cook poorly so that there is little chance of temptation.

Etymology: abstain (restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something) + strain (force a part of one*s body or oneself to make a strenuous or unusually great effort)

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Dietiquette

whimsy

Created by: whimsy

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Sentence: Her daily dietiquette proceedings consisted of raving at the dessert cake as she ate her salad.

Etymology: diet + etiquette

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Anomania

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: ann-oh-may-nee-uh

Sentence: Clarence's anomania caused him to constantly ask the waitstaff at restaurants precisely how many calories were in each dish.

Etymology: anorexia + mania

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Foodenfeeblement

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: FOOD-en-FEE-bull-ment

Sentence: Foodenfeeblement had descended on the fat fighters. They were so obsessed with their dieting, they felt consumed but it.

Etymology: food + enfeeble

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Youthinize

Created by: dontc1

Pronunciation:

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Nuketritionist

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: newk trish yun ist

Sentence: her inner nuketritionist exploded every menu she dreamed up

Etymology: nutritionist, nuke

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Rigormordessertis

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: rig-er-mowr-dez-ur-tiss

Sentence: I'm not going to lose a pound if rigormordessertis sets in

Etymology: rigor mortis + more dessert; it's a play on rigor mortis, which is when dead people get stiff, in that you're rigorously eating more dessert...

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Dietaholic

ubgrud

Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: dye-et-a-hol-ic

Sentence: You know that new "only white food" diet she's on? Last week she spraypainted chocolate cake white. I wonder if she is a dietaholic.

Etymology: Diet + aholic

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Cuisiniac

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: kweh-ZEEN-e-ak

Sentence: Marcy is a cuisiniac who is totally obsessed with nutritional values in all the foods she eats, is a dedicated calorie counter and is borderline phobic about the fat content of foods.

Etymology: Blend of 'cuisine' (food fare) and 'maniac' (A person who has an excessive enthusiasm or desire for something)

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Exaltarvate

Created by: kankamuso

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Sentence: Every January Jane makes the resolution of dieting. She usually just exaltarvate till February 1st.

Etymology: Exalt + Starvation

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