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'Let us be.'

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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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)

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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.

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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)

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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

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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

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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.

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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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Engroceried

Created by: babel

Pronunciation: en-gro-sir-eed

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Befooded

bjorn

Created by: bjorn

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Beatrice was utterly befooded by the bountiful birthday banquet before her.

Etymology: bewitched/bothered/bewildered/befuddled/ be-whatevered + food

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Foodaphobic

franke

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)

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