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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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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)
Carbaltonnelsyndrome
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: car/bal/tun/nel/sin/drome
Sentence: In the cold Canadian winter many people develop carbaltonnelsyndrome. This malady is aggrevated by the repetetive wrist action necessary to shovel food into the mouth in an attempt to add an extra layer of fat for the cold winter months. In some cases, a brace may be advised.
Etymology: carb (starch, glucose etc.) + tonne (metric ton) + carpal tunnel syndrome
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COMMENTS:
Hilarious! Makes me wanna go to that Cheese Shop! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-20: 09:52:00
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Absolvipose
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ab-SOLVE-i-pose
Sentence: Confronted with a cornucopia of Christmas goodies, Carol (get it? Christmas), took an absolvipose stance tucking into an overflowing plate of roast turkey and trimmings and filling her capacious handbag with a dozen mince pies to keep her going on the cold walk home.
Etymology: absolve (free from guilt) + adipose (fatty)
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
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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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
Porka
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pôrkə
Sentence: While most of his friends were shivering through the cold snap, Willy was fine. He is sure to wear his winter porka starting in the fall.
Etymology: porker (a fat person) + parka (a large windproof jacket with a hood, designed to be worn in cold weather) + orca (a large toothed whale with distinctive black-and-white markings)
Polardbeerbelly
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pole lard beer bel lee
Sentence: By October, Greata had gained a lot of weight. Her husband Hamsell, the pork butcher, was concerned about her becoming several sizes larger and in particular about her obtaining a large polardbeerbelly. When he asked her why she ate and drank boundless calories, she admitted she was storing fat up to keep her warm for the arctic winter ahead. She was planning to hibernate a lot. Oh no, he thought...she may just crawl into a den and wake up in spring with twins!
Etymology: Polar (extremely cold) & Lard (a type of soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog) & Beer Belly (fat tummy from consuming too much beer or other high calorie foods; a big gut). Also a play on Polar Bear.
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.
Gorgulate
Created by: jkernen1
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Sally felt the need to gorgulate at thanksgiving in preparation for the cold winter.
Etymology: gorge + insulate
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