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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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Nuketritionist

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: newk trish yun ist

Sentence: her inner nuketritionist exploded every menu she dreamed up

Etymology: nutritionist, nuke

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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.

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Hyperyacking

Created by: Sed8ed

Pronunciation: hi-per-yah-king

Sentence: Mary Kate and Ashley often find themselves hyperyacking before each new audition to lose those pesky few pounds.

Etymology:

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Blobsessed

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: Blob-sessed

Sentence: As Jill sat staring at the delicious cake, she became blobsessed with not letting reach her mouth.

Etymology: blob, a huge mass of edipose. obsessed, focusing all your energy on one thing.

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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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Consumeater

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kon soom eet er

Sentence: Patty Cake, Patty Cake, baker's daughter. You learned to eat desserts, just like you oughter. When you started reading labels and measuring calories, you took all the glee out of enjoying good food naturally. Now you're on a diet, you've become a consumeater, we liked you way better when you were a diet cheater!

Etymology: Consume (to eat immoderately; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; engage fully) & Eater (someone who consumes food for nourishment)

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COMMENTS:

was she the consummate consumeater who learned to control the consumption of calories? good word - mweinmann, 2009-08-17: 15:50:00

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Asweetic

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: a-swee-tic

Sentence: Marilyn was an asweetic, especially during Lent. She practiced self-denial to a fault when it came to desserts, however, she did have a weakness for pork rinds.

Etymology: ascetic: to practice self-denial and austerity, especially for spiritual self-improvement + sweet: another word for dessert

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easy to say but difficult to do! - mweinmann, 2009-08-17: 15:47:00

Good word. Got my vote. - hyperborean, 2013-09-25: 22:46:00