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DEFINITION: To leave food on your plate, not for the starving children in the world, but so you don't get fat.
Verboticisms
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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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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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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.
Celluleftovers
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Sell-yoo-left-oh-verz
Sentence: Margie, wearing her skinny jeans, worriedly decided to leave a few celluleftovers.
Etymology: Cellulite+leftovers
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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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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Thinub
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: thin-UB
Sentence: When Mary saw the double-portion of prime rib set in front of her, she thinubbed it immediately, being on a diet.
Etymology: Thin and snub.
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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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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