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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".
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Dietchotomy
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)
Aatkinnemia
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
Satisvice
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: SAH-tiss-vice
Sentence: Marjory's smoking and drinking habits were noting compared to her particular satisvice of herbal teas and organic foods. Unfortunately Whole Foods didn't sell her brand of cigarettes otherwise she could have shopped there exclusively.
Etymology: Satisfy + vice
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
Alcorexic
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: al coh erk sik
Sentence: al was a 22 stone alcorexic, drank beer, wine, gin, vodka and anything they gave out for half price during the happy hour. he ate only aspirin.
Etymology: alocholic, anorexic
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COMMENTS:
scary picture - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-10: 12:34:00
good word - Nosila, 2008-09-10: 21:40:00
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Nipinbuttrender
Created by: fourgirls
Pronunciation: Nip in butt render
Sentence: What a faithful nipinbuttrender. Craig's vodka and orange juice is a nice complement to his green summer leaf salad. However, I would go with a light cigarette.
Etymology: Nip of grog, cigarette butt, pretender or trendy
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
Winivorous
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)
Lushtritionist
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: lush/trish-uh/ist
Sentence: Jenny became a lushtritionist who quite successfully combined a very strict high protein and vegetable diet with her litre a day tequila lunches.
Etymology: LUSHTRITIONIST - noun - from LUSH (drunkard; alcoholic; sot) + NUTRITIONIST (the science, or study of nutrition)
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COMMENTS:
I liked your word because it could easily be a career, a half-assed life coach to the unmotivated and unlikely to change. - davrand, 2018-02-06: 21:24:00
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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