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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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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".
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
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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Gobbleclobber
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gob-uhl-klob-er
Sentence: Eve and her friends at work see desserts as an enemy to be vanquished. If someone were to dare to bring something evil into the office they will gobbleclobber it until it is no more.
Etymology: gobble (to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp) + clobber (to defeat decisively; drub; trounce)
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
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:
Good word. - mrskellyscl, 2009-08-17: 08:01:00
anorexcellent! - jrogan, 2009-08-17: 08:58:00
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Dietizingment
Created by: spickaspanner
Pronunciation: die-et-i-zing-munt
Sentence:
Etymology:
Diminuendize
Created by: jimroberts
Pronunciation: di-min'yoo-en'diz
Sentence:
Etymology: From "diminuendo", a musical shrinkage most likely to occur toward the butt end of a piece.
