Verboticisms

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: sore/beh/try/ity

Sentence: Her decision to ingest only iced fruit puree led to her sorbetriety.

Etymology: sobriety + sorbet

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COMMENTS:

I'd say a sorbet made from melon balls would be quite sobering indeed. ;)) - Kyoti, 2007-07-23: 20:13:00

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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: 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: petaj

Pronunciation: hyperbole

Sentence: Colin's microbiotic diet had messed with his mind and he now suffered from hyperbowle to such an extent that even petit fours appeared as grande quarantes.

Etymology: hyperbole (exageration) + bowl (of dessert)

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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: 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: weyrlady

Pronunciation:

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: 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: 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: 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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