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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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Justifat
Created by: mvandyke
Pronunciation: just e fat
Sentence: 'Justifat', the weight you gain over the holidays to insulate you from the winters chill.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
What's the old saying: " When a man gets too fat to conceal his weight, he starts to boast about it" Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-21: 16:48:00
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Iconical
Created by: jsmccarty82
Pronunciation: I-con-ik-al
Sentence: He is a very iconical personality.
Etymology: Help me with this one!
Flabfive
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: Flāb-fahyv
Sentence: Thanksgiving dinner is timed perfectly to get you started on that flabfive to insulate you for the long cold winter ahead.
Etymology: Flab: Back-formation from flabby + Five: Old English fīf - a cardinal number, four plus one.
Flabdicate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: FLAB-di-keyt
Sentence: Roxie was a "fausse maigre" who, to calorie-proof herself against the "harsh" Australian winter, flabdicated with fattitude!
Etymology: 1.Flabdicate: flab(fat) & abdicate (give up the responsibility for ..flab.) 2.Fausse maigre: One who looks thin, but in reality is fat. 3. Fattitude: A positive attitude displayed by an overweight person towards their own body. (I Smirt, U Stooze, They Kr
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-21: 10:51:00
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Mitigweight
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: mi/ti/gwate
Sentence: Sue would mitigweight her eating binges by reminding herself that she was giving her body a huge assortment of nutrients to choose from to stoke her furnace for winter. It also meant she could forgo wearing mitts
Etymology: mitigate + weight + mitts
Pococurpulente
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: po-co-cor-pu-len-te
Sentence: Above her desk, Kimberly kept a calendar with photos from various missions to the moon. She liked to be reminded of the moon phases and the period of time when science fiction permeated popular culture. But her calendar failed to document a waxing and waning moon much closer to Kimberly's heart: the one she bought elastic-waist pants for. Around the same time as the leaves' changing, Kimberly's eating habits changed from "pollo poco" to "pococurpulente." It should be no surprise that she always kept cheese in her desk.
Etymology: pococurante (little concern) + corpulent (having a large body)
Hamnesty
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: hām'-nə-stē
Sentence: "It sure is getting cold lately. Oh hey, if you're not going to finish that meat, I'll have the rest of it," said Margaret, adjusting her waistband, "and please pass the mashed potatoes and gravy," she stated, with hamnesty. She had been putting on quite a few pounds of insulard over the last few weeks.
Etymology: ham (Middle English, hamme "meat from the leg of a hog") + (Greek, amnéstía - oblivion, "a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment")
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COMMENTS:
Hilarious!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-21: 04:29:00
yes - very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-21: 10:54:00
It seems with Margaret that it's all going to waist! Great sentence & word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-21: 16:34:00
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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)
Snowbese
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: snow - bese
Sentence: Too many beavertails during his winter trip to Ottawa, left Pierre feeling snowbese. A few days of skiing in the Gatineaus would sort him out.
Etymology: snow + obese
Pudgecicles
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: puj'-sik-ulz
Sentence: Although Congolia had been trying to lose those pesky 15 pounds all summer, she told herself that with winter approaching, she really needed those pudgecicles if she hoped to ski without being miserable.
Etymology: pudgy (fat, obese) + icicles (hanging ice)
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COMMENTS:
HILARIOUS! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-23: 17:07:00
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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