Verboticisms

Created by: kabloozie

Pronunciation: Sigh-cal-or-ick

Sentence: Susiebelle is so psycaloric, she can't even bite her nails without feeling guilty.

Etymology: Psychotic + calorie

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Created by: Echos

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: ehg-ZAJ-ur-eet

Sentence: Alex's ice-cream date was ill-fated, as the young lady had exaggereaten one sample spoon of lowfat sugar-free vanilla sorbet and complained about how it would go straight to her hips.

Etymology: exaggerate + eat

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Created by: Dboozer

Pronunciation: pree-empt-iv-or-ous

Sentence: Julie was so preemptivorous that she would throw herself on OTHER'S desserts to save them from over-indulging.

Etymology: pre-emptive + vorous (as in "omnivorous," "carnivorous," etc.)

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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: 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: 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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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: lie-poe-blow-shun

Sentence: Because she knew there would be cake at the birthday party, Suzy declined the invitation blaming her lipoblowtion. Afterwards, she immediately went to the gym, swearing the invitation alone made her gain 2 pounds.

Etymology: From "liposuction." In context, "blow" signifies the tendancy to blow the fear of fat/lipo out of proportion.

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: foo-doo

Sentence: Having no luck with Atkins, Sue turned to the ancient religion of portion control and fudge avoidance, foodoo.

Etymology: food, voodoo

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COMMENTS:

does foodoo deal with deities or dieties - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-23: 15:22:00

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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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