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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.
Verboticisms
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Glazen
Created by: mvsmyth
Pronunciation: glay-zen
Sentence: Despite his wife Janet's protestations about his rising cholesterol level, Alex glazenly went back for seconds from the decadent holiday buffet.
Etymology: From "glazed", describing the overly-rich holiday fare, both sweet and savory, that is so often covered in sauces, gravies, icings, and syrups; along with ""brazen", meaning marked with flagrant and insolent audacity.
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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Smorgashoard
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When the first snow fell, she enjoyed her biggest smorgashoard of the season.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Terrific!! - libertybelle, 2007-11-21: 09:41:00
Great word! She seems to have a liking for Viking! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-21: 17:29:00
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Snowbesity
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: snow-bee-city
Sentence: Carla had come to anticipate her snowbesity. In fact, her winter clothes were two sizes larger than her summer clothes. Her snowbesity was harder to justify, however, once she moved to Florida.
Etymology: Snow + obesity
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COMMENTS:
snow doubt, that's a great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-20: 10:50:00
I scream- closed for the season-the reason: it's freezin! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-20: 13:33:00
Love it...nothing worse than having a blizzard on your gizzard! - Nosila, 2008-10-20: 20:11:00
Love it! - lumina, 2008-10-20: 20:15:00
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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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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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Seasonseatings
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Seez-ons-eet-ings
Sentence: As Sue heard the cold wind whistling through the gap in the kitchen window, she reached for another plateful of stew and dumplings. She wasn't bothered about the calorie count as she had convinced herself that it was seasonseatings time again and she must be prepared for the harsh winter ahead.
Etymology: Season(one of four divisions of the year, Spring, Summer, Autumn and WINTER) + Eating(consuming food, chewing and swallowing) = Seasonseatings
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:
Bulkinate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: bulhuk/uh/neyt
Sentence: With winter just around the corner, Janice instinctively knew it was time to bulkinate 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: BULKINATE - verb from - BULK (to increase in size; expand; swell) + LAMINATE (to cover with layers)
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COMMENTS:
We need words like that to fend off the hyperborean blast! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-20: 09:55:00
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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)
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