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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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Exaltarvate

Created by: kankamuso

Pronunciation:

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

Etymology: Exalt + Starvation

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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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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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Rumenate

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: RUE-men-ayt

Sentence: Though his stomach grumbled about it, Jim rumenated over even the smallest crumb.

Etymology: rumen (the "fermentation vat par excellence" of the digestive tract) + ruminate (to fixate on, think about)

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Unjustdessert

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: phonetic

Sentence: The chocolate eclair was begging to be eaten. Her hands hovered over it, yet she was able to resist. Unjustdessert, indeed.

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Justicide

Created by: syshannon

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Fleshplot

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: flesh/plot

Sentence: Behind every cobbler, cupcake, and cream puff lay a ferocious fleshplot waiting to add a few more inches to her waistline.

Etymology: flesh + plot

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Debilicake

loosepiece

Created by: loosepiece

Pronunciation: deb - ILL - i - cake

Sentence: Samanthas quest to achieve the perfect weight was proving to be debilicaking. Even the smallest fairy cake took on monstrous proportions by the end of diet day 2.

Etymology: debilitate - to weaken, or encumber cake - the foodsutff designed to make you weaken. But they are evil, EVIL i tell you!

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Dietverticulitis

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: how ever you like, its a long word.

Sentence: amy's dietverticulitis was so bad she hid all the sugar packets in the office.

Etymology: from diet, diverticulitis (a disease of some form) and diverting someones attention towards destroying foods.

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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".

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