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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

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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Obesessity

Created by: Tobester

Pronunciation: obee-sessity

Sentence: Lauren's obesessity controlled her life, up to a point where she developed a phobia for brownies

Etymology: obsessed with obesity

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Gourmation

Created by: Fenners

Pronunciation: gour - may - shun

Sentence: I have a touch of gourmation

Etymology: gourmet/gourmand + ation

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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:

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