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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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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:
Hiberflate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: hye-buhr-flayt
Sentence: Elwood and Charlotte both believed in the need to hiberflate during the autumn months, pigging out on as many calories and fatty foods as possible to prepare for winters cold, but Elwood always managed to outdo Charlotte on consumption and would even eat her portions when possible.
Etymology: Blend of hibernate and inflate
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COMMENTS:
Inspirational combo, big M ! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-20: 09:45:00
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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)
Hibery
Created by: PD4402
Pronunciation: Hibery (pronounced like the word fibery) hi-ber-ee
Sentence: The hibery I feel is wonderful because I will not freeze over the winter.
Etymology: Too Simple to explain without making the meaning complicated.
Skaarf
Created by: andbot37
Pronunciation: skarf
Sentence: I was really cold last winter, so I thought that I should start to skaarf up early this year.
Etymology: scarf:n, a piece of cloth worn around the neck for warmth. scarf:v, the act of eating quickly or vigorously.
Carbohybernate
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: carbo/hi/bur/nate
Sentence: It starts the week of Halloween, and goes all the way to New Year's Day. The Klumps start bulking up on the starches and sugars. They believe if they carbohybernate, they will be less likely to pick up the colds and flus of the season.
Etymology: Carbohydrate Hibernate
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COMMENTS:
heehee! - galwaywegian, 2008-10-20: 09:34:00
EXCELLENT! Are there ANY non-candy holidays left? All we have is the 4th of July, and explosives are not a viable substitute for sweets. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-20: 09:50:00
Metro, I agree. Those sparklers are more "spicy" than sweet. Always need a milk chaser after a few. :) - lumina, 2008-10-20: 20:20:00
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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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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)
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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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