Verboticisms

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: hu-BITS-yew-ayt

Sentence: Caroline is something of an habitsyouate, believing that people could offset the harmful effects of over indulging in alcohol and tobacco merely by eating what she regarded as healthy foods.

Etymology: Blend of 'habits', and the phrase 'you ate' - A play on the word 'habituate'

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: Sel-ek-ti-vor

Sentence: As a selectivore Rachel would only eat the edemame at the party but get plastered on the scotch.

Etymology: selective + vore

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good one - Nosila, 2010-02-05: 17:19:00

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: eh-qui-lie-bay-shen-ism

Sentence: Jen, a strict equilibationist, was a regular at the Salad and Cigar Bar down the street from her office. Each day after work she and her vegan friends would meet during happy hour for organic cocktails, free-range Buffalo Tofu and Celery Crisps.

Etymology: equilibrize: compensate for or counterbalance; make up or adjust for + libation: an alchoholic drink + -ism: a suffix that denotes a distinct system of beliefs, logic or social movement such as vegetarianism, veganism, consumerism, etc.

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Created by: Kat43

Pronunciation: Smoke-A-Hol-i-gan

Sentence: She had to go for an annual check up, but was still drinking and smoking, so she decided to become a Smokaholigan, which is an alcoholic, a smoker, and a vegan all in one

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Created by: ettutortilla

Pronunciation: Die-et-kot-o-mize

Sentence: Jennifer absolutely abhors the disgusting chemicals used in consumer products these days, especially if they can make her fat. Since cigarettes tend to keep her skinny and a steady influx of alcohol holds thoughts of dying alone at bay, however, she's had to dietchotomize her lifestyle.

Etymology: A combination of "diet" and "dichotomize." Literally meaning to break one's diet into two or more well-defined groups.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: lush/trish-uh/ist

Sentence: Amy converted to a very strict high protein and vegetable diet to counter attack her litre a day tequila lunches.

Etymology: lush + nutritionist

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Com-pensi-veja-tary-iman

Sentence: Worried about his excessive drinking and smoking, Delbert severely altered his diet, becoming a compensevegetariman.

Etymology: Compensate + vegetarian

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: vej/i/scare/ian

Sentence: Louise had reason to be worried about her health lately. It seemed the drinking and smoking was finally taking a toll. She knew she had to go for her annual physcial soon, and just the thought of facing her doctor after one year of no change in habits was enough to get her downing another "stiff one." She decided since she had three weeks until the appointment, maybe some juicing, fasting and raw foods would be of some benefit. Yes, she had decided to become a vegescarian even if just until she had all the blood work done.

Etymology: vegetarian + scare To be scared into cleaning up ones diet.

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Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: Arti-cho-ker

Sentence: Lucinda fumbled around the bottom of her handbag for a matchbox, gasping for a light. Striking the match she lit the end of the celery stick drawing a deep drag from it. The uncontrollable hacking that accompanied being an artichoker must surely have it's benefits?

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dīetkätəmē

Sentence: Though Jim decided to ”clean up” what he was eating he found it impossible to give up cigarettes. It created quite a dietchotomy in his life.

Etymology: diet (a special course of food to which one restricts oneself) + dichotomy (a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different)

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