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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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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.
Unfatuation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: unføtʃəweɪʃən
Sentence: When it comes to dieting Harold has an unfatuation. He spends so much time trimming fat from his meat he barely has time to eat.
Etymology: un (not) + fat (a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies) + infatuation (be inspired with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for)
Obseleat
Created by: verndo
Pronunciation: Ahb so lee t
Sentence: Wendy is so obsoleat with this new diet! If she isn't careful, she's gonna kill herself!
Etymology: Obsess + Eat = Obsolete (Death)
Ultrarexia
Created by: DIKIDI
Pronunciation: UL-TRA-REX-E-A
Sentence: ULTRAREXIA HAS REDUCED HER TO A MERE SHADOW OF HERSELF.
Etymology:
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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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)
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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COMMENTS:
- erasmus, 2007-01-12: 07:46:00
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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
Debilicake
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!
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)
