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'I don't want to get fat'

DEFINITION: To leave food on your plate, not for the starving children in the world, but so you don't get fat.

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Heftovers

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: heft-o-vurz

Sentence: The food was flabulous, but because she was trying to lose weight, there were plenty of heftovers.

Etymology: heft, leftovers

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-03: 09:37:00

Did she take the heftovers home in a heftybag? - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-03: 11:39:00

At the beheft of restaurant management, she carted it home in a taxiflab. - Clayton, 2007-07-03: 17:15:00

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Waistnot

Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: WEYST-not

Sentence: Julie's tendency to waistnot has been complicated in recent years by her insistence that, at a mere 300 lbs., she's fit as a griddlecake.

Etymology: waist + waste not (want not)

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COMMENTS:

she must have a lovely waist (not) - galwaywegian, 2007-07-03: 05:37:00

It was expansive, going out in all directions, but chiefly the east and the waist. - Clayton, 2007-07-03: 07:48:00

if it was that expansive she could have tied it in a waistknot - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-03: 09:31:00

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Slimpick

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: SLIHM-pihk

Sentence: Alex resolved not to date women who would slimpick fifty-dollar dinners.

Etymology: slim + slim pickins + picky

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COMMENTS:

good one - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-03: 14:13:00

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Etheremeal

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: e/ther/ee/meel

Sentence: Ooh I am just so divinely delicate and dainty. My tiny frame can only sustain an etheremeal.

Etymology: ethereal + meal

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Foodthrift

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈfudˌθɹɪft/

Sentence: The sign at the buffet read: "Don't be a foodthrift. Eat all you want, but please, take only what you can eat."

Etymology: Like a spendthrift, but with food.

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Plateakiy

Created by: fefefeha7

Pronunciation: Plate-a-key

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Calorieism

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: kal-or-ee-is-um

Sentence: Sure Bev was a calorieist, but at least she wasn't a racist like her fat friend Nora.

Etymology: calorie (food) + ism (as in hatred or intolerance for)

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COMMENTS:

it sounds like a new religion.... i like it - gonzo, 2007-07-03: 14:37:00

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Anopitia

ohwtepph

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: ah-noh-pih-tzha

Sentence: Anopitia manifests itself in the form of half-eaten dishes on black plates. Anopitia does not include, however, your mom's casserole.

Etymology: anorexia + no[t] pity

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Clandesdine

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: clan-dess-dine

Sentence: she liked to lose weight in a clandesdine way

Etymology: clandestine, dine

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COMMENTS:

how unromantic! as bad as a candlelessdine. - galwaywegian, 2007-07-04: 05:03:00

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Discislim

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: dis/ci/slim

Sentence: In order not to get fat, she had to work to discislim her outlook on food, especially desserts.

Etymology: discipline + slim

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COMMENTS:

haha...love it - remistram, 2007-07-03: 15:09:00

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