Verboticisms

Created by: alecstevenson

Pronunciation: diet-tribist

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Etymology: diet + diatribe + ist

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: grəbˈse sh ən

Sentence: Milk is good for you, milk is bad for you. Eggs are wonderful, eggs are terrible. Far too many Americans are obese but artificial sweeteners could cause cancer. The media is sure to jump on every scientific study that comes out. Food, sustenance, vittles, grub, whatever you call it, if you follow along on your home scoresheet you may well develop a grubsession. Hey, maybe this is a syndrome. Can we do a study?

Etymology: grub (food) + obsession (an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person*s mind)

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COMMENTS:

we certainly are grubsessed but now we know we're so full of preservatives that we should last longer - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-15: 14:12:00

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Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: an - om - meal - ee

Sentence: Donald had a strange anomealy. He had an unusual obsession with everything he ate and couldn't stop thinking about his next meal. He analyzed every grain, stalk, leaf and fiber and imagined himself as part of a larger garden. His soul had drifted away to the great garden in the sky.

Etymology: anomaly (A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; Something or someone that is strange or unusual), meal

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COMMENTS:

great word - porsche, 2009-07-15: 14:17:00

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Created by: babel

Pronunciation: en-gro-sir-eed

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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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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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Created by: shoppingame

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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

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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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Created by: chris

Pronunciation: men-yoo-morf-oh-sis

Sentence: Her legs turned to jelly as she realised that her menumorphosis was now complete

Etymology: menu (list of things to eat) + morphosis (change)

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