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DEFINITION: n. A person who is totally consumed by what they eat. v. To be so focused on your food that it eats away at your soul.
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Nourishmental
Created by: deadpanwalking
Pronunciation: nur-ish-MENT-al
Sentence: When Snoop went on the Long Beach Diet, that motherf***er went nourishmental with his rider demands.
Etymology: nourishment + mental
Psychophage
Created by: Paloma
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Anna started turning into a psychophage when she took the phrase "you are what you eat" to heart as her dietary motto.
Etymology: psych (soul, mind) + phage (eat)
Gourmivated
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gore/mi/vat/ed
Sentence: He was totally gourmivated by food of any kind and his 438 pounds was a testament to this addiction.
Etymology: gourmivated - from gourmand (a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess) + dominated (controlled, or governed)
Foodaphobic
Created by: franke
Pronunciation: Food-a-phobic
Sentence: Lindsay sadly realized she came from a foodaphobic family but when challenged in restaurants she burst out singing, "Lettuce be, lettuce be, lettuce be, lettuce be. Whisper words of wisdom, lettuce be."
Etymology: Food-a-phobia (suffering from irrational fear of eating the wrong food)
Hamorexia
Created by: OldEnglish
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Susan's final wish to be mummified in bacon was seen by many as proof of her hamorexia.
Etymology:
Befooded
Created by: bjorn
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Beatrice was utterly befooded by the bountiful birthday banquet before her.
Etymology: bewitched/bothered/bewildered/befuddled/ be-whatevered + food
Saladacious
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sala/day/shush
Sentence: It was embarassing watching her nibbling on a carrot because her relationship with food was so saladacious!
Etymology: salacious (lustful) + salad
Comments:
queeny - 2006-11-15: 10:11:00
ha ha ha , I'll be singing that song all day. Dang, I have verbotomy brain freeze......lettuce be, lettuce be, lettuce be......errrrr
Jabberwocky - 2006-11-17: 07:11:00
I love OldEnglish's "Susan's final wish to be mummified in bacon was seen by many as proof of her hamorexia."
- 2006-11-18: 16:25:00
Refriedguilt? Sounds like 'tucky fried
Today's definition was illustrated by Franke James. Thank you Franke. ~ James