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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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Carbohydraniac

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kar bo hy dray nee ak

Sentence: Jenny had become such a carbohydraniac after all her many diets, that she avoided carbs like the plague. Over the years she had tried Dr.Atkins, Weight Watchers, South Beach, Scarsdale and every other popular diet plan. She finally developed her own program and Ms. Craig is now wealthy like those other diet's designers. It is good to find a method to lose weight...it is even better to find one that allows you to get rich by helping others lose weight!

Etymology: Carbohydrate (an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain;) & Maniac (an insane person)

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Paravore

Created by: chofu67

Pronunciation: pare a vore

Sentence: Her obsession with eating only from an ever diminishing selection of acceptable foods had turned Edie into a virtual paravore.

Etymology: paranoid + vore (as in omnivore, carnivore, etc.)

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Disciplane

Created by: ToblerOne

Pronunciation: Dis-ci-plane

Sentence: Donna's diet exemplified her disciplane behavior. She was so crazy she wouldn't even eat a tic-tac.

Etymology: Discipline + Insane

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Justicide

Created by: syshannon

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Dietverticulitis

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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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Grubsess

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /gr&b-'ses/

Sentence: Antonio's grubsession with his low-carb diet lead him to try to pick the bits of breadcrumb out of his mother's meatloaf.

Etymology: From grub + obsess

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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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Nuerexic

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: neur/ex/ic

Sentence: She was a text book neurexic, totally obsessed with losing her appetite.

Etymology: neurotic + anorexic

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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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Dietoholic

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: dy-et-o-hol-ik

Sentence: Reba was a dietoholic, she couldn't even eat a rice-cake without a bad conscience!

Etymology: diet: to loose weight by limiting consumption -holic: addicted to

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