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DEFINITION: v., To not feel guilty about all the weight you're putting on, because you need all the extra calories you can get, to survive the harsh winter climate. n., A type of fat gained by mammals in preparation for winter hibernation.
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Gorgulate
Created by: jkernen1
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Sally felt the need to gorgulate at thanksgiving in preparation for the cold winter.
Etymology: gorge + insulate
Blubbernation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bluhb-er-ney-shuh n
Sentence: After moving to Maine Jose was always cold, even in the summer. It wasn't until his friend Joan told him about blubbernation, the consumption of copious quantities of fatty food, that he warmed up. Now he's warm though he does look like he's wearing a parka even with his shirt off.
Etymology: blubber (the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales) + hibernation (to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals)
Permalard
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: per-ma-lard
Sentence: Jeff piled on those potatoes, knowing a layer of permalard was required for the long arctic winter.
Etymology:
Gluttoneed
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /glʌtən̩i:d/
Sentence: I'm not that fat! I gluttoneed this food, I'm not making it up, the winter's coming... oh, what's the worth, you know nothing...
Etymology: GLUTTONEED. From Gluttony (Excess in eating or drinking) + Need (A condition or situation in which something is required or wanted)
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COMMENTS:
Gluttoneed, muttonfeed,dinguseed,let'em breed. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-20: 09:54:00
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Antifries
Created by: CDH167
Pronunciation: an tee frize
Sentence: The New York detective did not put on his jacket to chase the suspect through the snow, confident his antifries would keep him warm
Etymology: 'antifreeze' blended with 'fries,' the tasty side dish.
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COMMENTS:
Love it! - Nosila, 2010-03-16: 17:45:00
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Bulkernate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: bul/ker/nate
Sentence: With winter just around the corner, Janice instinctively knew it was time to bulkernate for the coldness to come by eating five meals a day in an effort to pack on twenty five pounds to thwart off that minus 18 degree northerly wind.
Etymology: bulk + hibernate
Hiberglut
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: hy-ber-glut
Sentence: With both of them feeling the need to hiberglut in order to put on an extra layer of blubber for the winter, Harry and Harriet would compete with one another, consuming as many high fat, high calorie foods as possible during the autumn months and especially at Thanksgiving and other holiday meals.
Etymology: Blend of 'hibernate' (to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition) and 'glut' (to feed or fill to satiety; sate)
Flabitat
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: flab it tat
Sentence: Living so close to the Arctic Circle, all species here gain extra weight to keep them warm through the cold winter nights and hibernation. Besides polar bears, seals, walrus, humans too gain extra body weight for this season. We like to call it flabitat. Those extra calories, from rich food and antifreeze (booze),that's what keeps us warm through bizzards, snowplows and Hockey Night in Canada.
Etymology: Flab (fat, excess poundage) & Habitat (the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs)
Dagoodeats
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Da- good eats
Sentence: Not fearing global warming at all, Jim decided it was time to get dagoodeats going. It was the only way he would survive the winter with his wife's cooking.
Etymology: das boot don't taste good
Ignorounce
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: igg no rowns
Sentence: Her profound ingorounce insulated her against dietery depression almost as well as it insulated her body against attacks from either frostbite or suitors.
Etymology: ignorance, ounce
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COMMENTS:
excellent Galway - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-21: 10:56:00
Very inventive & great blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-21: 16:38:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
galwaywegian - 2008-10-20: 09:35:00
good standard today:)
Nuwanda - 2008-10-20: 22:51:00
Does anyone else get an error message when trying to vote sometimes? I think it keeps counting the votes I am trying to cast even though it comes up with a long string of unintelligible text.
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James