Verboticisms

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: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈitsˌfɚɹɛns/

Sentence: Eatsference sometimes also occurs between dietary restrictions, for example resulting in overeaters cooking only in organic lard.

Etymology: from transference + eats

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Created by: yellowbird

Pronunciation: at-kin-neme-e-ah

Sentence: Joyce may be AAtkinnemic, but I have to admit she seems a lot happier now.

Etymology: Alcoholics Anonymous + Atkins diet + anemia

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Created by: emdeejay

Pronunciation: more I banned

Sentence: Denise was becoming paranoid due to her moribanned state - cigarettes and martini's had taken their toll. By way of compensation she had taken to a strictly ascetic dietary regime, and tried to remind herself of her fathers last words of advice: The more I banned, the more I ...

Etymology: From moribund, as in close to death

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COMMENTS:

I tried to cheapun it up this week, if you catch my drift ... - emdeejay, 2010-02-05: 08:29:00

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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

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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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terrific word T - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-10: 12:36:00

Very good!! - Mustang, 2008-09-10: 21:53:00

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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: artr

Pronunciation: wahy-niv-er-uhs

Sentence: Angie doesn't eat meat. She thinks it's cruel. She doesn't believe in it. She only consumes plants and fruit. And if that fruit happens to be fermented... I guess you could call her winivorous.

Etymology: wine (the fermented juice of grapes) + herbivorous (plant-eating)

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: veg-e-dee-TOXEE-kate

Sentence: At Yuletide, Bob was always the life of the party. And with a beer in one hand, a celery stick in the other, and a fag behind his legumiscreant ear, he always belted out his signature tune: " Cigarettes and Whiskey and Wild, Wild Wheatgerm," whilst resolutely vowing that the New Year would see him vegedetoxicate himself back to full health.

Etymology: Vege (vegetables) & detoxicate to remove poisons.

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Now that there's funny! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-10: 08:32:00

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Created by: aayeye

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Sentence: Ethyl is such a macrobioticrite with a carrot in one hand, and a cigarette in the other.

Etymology: Macrobiotic+hypocrite

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