Verboticisms

Created by: weyrlady

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Sentence: In the throes of anoxtremia, she refused even the butterless popcorn.

Etymology: A combination of "anorexia" and the phrase "in extremia".

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COMMENTS:

I'd swear we've already done this one. - weyrlady, 2007-07-23: 10:43:00

We did. James is repeating them for the summer. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-23: 13:03:00

It's new to me, like most everything else. Sobbbb... - Kyoti, 2007-07-23: 13:18:00

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: en-com-pah-die-ett

Sentence: Jules knew she was beginning to suffer from severe encompadiet ever since she dreamt of diving into an enormous vat of chocolate pudding that was the size of her hometown.

Etymology: encompass + diet

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Created by: mestresuzuka

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Etymology: Diet+Detonate

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Created by: jesster

Pronunciation: fast - nat - ic

Sentence: Amy was such a fastnatic when she was on the Grapefruit Diet that she refused to eat the dessert we had prepared especially for her - fruit salad containing only grapefruit.

Etymology: fast (to abstain from food ) + fanatic (marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion)

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: miss + cake

Sentence: Oh, this pastry is going to be a miscake, I just know it... why can't I ever stick to a diet?

Etymology: Mistake. But with cake. Yep.

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Diss-kun-fek-tuh-vate

Sentence: Nancy started out by promising herself to only eat one Twinkie, but after three bites began disconfectivating that she'd actually eaten an entire box and then fed the remaining hunk of Twinkie into the garbage disposal, if a bit gleefully, for good measure.

Etymology: Disconnect + confection + perspective + activate

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COMMENTS:

Wow. Twinkie abuse is a terrible crime. I bet she batters brownies as well. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-23: 13:19:00

not only that but she beats eggs and whips cream - a real domincaketrix - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-23: 13:24:00

Don't forget that she's dancing in the kitchen while all of this is going on, since the first five letters of her sickness spell "Disco". - Kyoti, 2007-07-23: 13:28:00

Dare I say she chops nuts? - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-23: 13:31:00

an impressive tidbit of discolore - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-23: 13:34:00

okay okay - if purple can talk about chopping nuts, how about balling melons - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-23: 13:38:00

HA! - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-23: 13:41:00

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Dye-et-tick-yoo-less

Sentence: Suzie is just too dieticulous, she said to buy new spoons because she could smell carbohydrates on the ones we have.

Etymology: Diet (certain foods one eats) + meticulous (rigorous)

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Created by: dancerxoxox

Pronunciation: des-sent-ory

Sentence: i decided to follow a dessentory for a couple of months.

Etymology: dessert+dinner+diet. all in one

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Created by: Echos

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Created by: tatterdemalion

Pronunciation: Ka-me-cake-zee

Sentence: The woman kamicakezed with such fervor that breadcrumbs looked like cupcakes, chocolate syrup looked like oil, and even the parsley gracing her plate looked like the Jolly Green Giant.

Etymology: "kamikaze" + "cake" + some fudging of the word type

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