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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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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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Belliphobic

Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: bel-lee-foh-bik

Sentence: Richard was so belliphobic that he couldn't even look at a dessert plate without loosing his cookies.

Etymology: belly + phobia = fear of bellies

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COMMENTS:

Bellissimo - Nosila, 2009-08-18: 01:07:00

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Consumania

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: con-syoo-main-eeya

Sentence: "Rachel gobbled it all up. She inhaled it. It was total consumania."

Etymology: consume + mania

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Thinbitious

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: thin - bish - us

Sentence: Being thinbitious, Sally would not eat any desserts, foods with too many carbs or sodium. She did not want to retain water or risk adding any pounds to her already skeletal appearance.

Etymology: thin, ambitious

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COMMENTS:

mrskellyscl Good word. - mrskellyscl, 2009-08-17: 08:01:00

anorexcellent! - jrogan, 2009-08-17: 08:58:00

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Cupcakenbia

Created by: wisepenguin

Pronunciation: cup-cake-ken-bia

Sentence: One who may be avoiding desserts and food that affects his/her usual diet is most likely to be suffering from cupcakenbia.

Etymology: desserts such as ''cupcakes'' are no exception to one's ''phobia''

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Fobsession

Created by: MissKatie

Pronunciation:

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Dietiquette

whimsy

Created by: whimsy

Pronunciation:

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

Etymology: diet + etiquette

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Unfatuation

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: unføtʃəweɪʃən

Sentence: When it comes to dieting Harold has an unfatuation. He spends so much time trimming fat from his meat he barely has time to eat.

Etymology: un (not) + fat (a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies) + infatuation (be inspired with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for)

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Ghandivitis

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: gahn/dy/vih/tis

Sentence: Beacause she was such a devout follower of Mahatma Ghandi her persistent dieting for world peace resulted in her developing acute ghandivitis

Etymology: Mahatma Ghandi + gingivitis

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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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