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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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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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Depoisongreenivate
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: dee-poi-zuhn-green-ih-vayt
Sentence: To make up for the drinking binge he depoisongreenivated for an entire month - only consuming a concoction of beets and cranberries.
Etymology: de-poison-green
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
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
Vegandroid
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: vēgən-droid
Sentence: In her latest phase, Sally had become a vegandroid, spouting the proper platitudes, only shopping in health food stores and feigning illness at the thought of red meat. The fact that she still smokes does little to curb her verve.
Etymology: Vegan (a person who does not eat or use animal products) + android (in science fiction) a robot with a human appearance)
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-10: 12:31:00
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Lushtritionist
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: lush/trish-uh/ist
Sentence: Jenny became a lushtritionist who converted to a very strict high protein and vegetable diet to counter attack her litre a day tequila lunches.
Etymology: LUSHTRITIONIST - noun - from LUSH (drunkard; alcoholic; sot) + NUTRITIONIST (the science, or study of nutrition)
Vegescarian
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.
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
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)
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