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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.
Verboticisms
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Refriedguilt
Created by: queeny
Pronunciation: re fried guilt (the catholic kind)
Sentence: I KNOW I should reach for the carrots but the cake is closer and .......... GAWD , the self loathly and the refriedguilt, go for the carrots I tell myself.....but the cake has a shelf date......but, think carrots.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
There is a food/issue theme here at Verbotomy, hmmmm interesting. - queeny, 2006-11-15: 10:11:00
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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:
Saladacious
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation:
Sentence: It was embarassing watching her nibbling on a carrot because her relationship with food was so saladacious!
Etymology: salacious + salad
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COMMENTS:
haha, nice - deadpanwalking, 2006-11-15: 14:11:00
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Feedysteria
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: fee-dis-tir-ee-ah
Sentence: Buffy's feedysteria started with a hunger to be "sweet and cute". It was compounded by her firmly held belief that "You are what you eat". And so, she restricted her diet to sugar and bunny rabbits. It makes sense she'd say, as she nibbled at her fingernails.
Etymology: feed + hysteria
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)
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)
Filletofsoul
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: fill - ay - uv - sol
Sentence: JoAnn ordered fillet of sole every time she went to the Shipwreck Restaurant. For days afterwards she felt that she had a filletofsoul because she could not stop thinking about the meal and contemplate her next dining opportunity. These thoughts literally consumed her.....
Etymology: fillet, fillet of sole, soul
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COMMENTS:
I'm voting for you, just for the halibut! - Nosila, 2009-07-16: 01:18:00
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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)
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