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DEFINITION: v., To eat a strictly regulated diet in order to compensate for a complete lack of control when it comes to drinking. n., A smoker and drinker who becomes a vegan in order to "reverse the damage".
Verboticisms
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Selectivore
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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COMMENTS:
good one - Nosila, 2010-02-05: 17:19:00
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Dietoxify
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: dy eh TOX ih fy
Sentence: From Monday morning till Friday afternoon, Amelia Rait tries to minimize the effects of her weekend binges on beer and bar food by eating only salads, protein shakes, and lots of fruits and vegetables. She believes the high fiber dietoxifies her body. Ironically, her work friends think she is one of the healthiest people they know, and some of them feel vaguely embarrassed every time they eat nachos or fries when she is around.
Etymology: diet + detoxify
Compensevegetariman
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
Macrobioticrite
Created by: aayeye
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Ethyl is such a macrobioticrite with a carrot in one hand, and a cigarette in the other.
Etymology: Macrobiotic+hypocrite
Dietchotomize
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.
Regastrolate
Created by: Nounsense
Pronunciation: rē-gă-strŏ-lāt'
Sentence: After a hedonistic week away in Europe, Helen desperately tried to regastrolate before her parents returned. // The fear of having to use an electrolarynx encouraged Carlos to become a fully-fledged regastrolate.
Etymology: derived from the Greek word gastronomia, γαστρονομία
Vicereversa
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Vie-ce-re-ver-ser
Sentence: Sarah thought she would become a strict vegetarian to compensate for the binge drinking and smoking that had recently taken over her life, in the hope that this may vicereversa some of the more harmful effects.
Etymology: Vice(a bad habit, weakness of character) + Reverse(revoke,to work in opposite direction) = Vicereversa. See also vice-versa(in-turned position)
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COMMENTS:
terrific word T - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-10: 12:36:00
Very good!! - Mustang, 2008-09-10: 21:53:00
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Compensot
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kom-pen-sot
Sentence: Finding her liver spots to be totally unacceptable, Sue became a compensot, eating only vegetables and drinking plenty of water through the daylight hours.
Etymology: compensate, sot (drunkard)
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COMMENTS:
Sot is a great word. Haven't heard it in ages. Great combination! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-10: 08:38:00
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-10: 10:23:00
Sot is a great word. Very creative! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-10: 17:30:00
Thanks! Sot is one of those words we seemed to have buried years ago. - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-10: 19:23:00
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Vegetipple
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: vej-TIP-uhl
Sentence: Bob a prodigal son notorious for his late night lavish spending on food and drink; hypocritical for his pious preaching of the importance of daily vegetipple.
Etymology: Blend of VEGETABLE: any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower & TIPPLE: to drink intoxicating liquor, esp. habitually or to some excess.
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COMMENTS:
cute - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-10: 12:32:00
Love it... - Nosila, 2008-09-10: 21:42:00
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Artichoker
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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you again remistram! And if you haven't noticed yet, let me tell you -- it's "Food Week" at Verbotomy ~ James
remistram - 2007-10-10: 08:45:00
I went to school with people like this.
I used to be a person like this, but I have given up on the vegetables. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James