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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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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)
Dietribist
Created by: alecstevenson
Pronunciation: diet-tribist
Sentence:
Etymology: diet + diatribe + ist
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
Anomealy
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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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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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