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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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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)
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:
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)
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
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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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
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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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
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
Verbotomy - 2009-07-15: 00:05:00
Today's definition was illustrated by Franke James. Thank you Franke. ~ James