Verboticisms

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /siks-pak-FLABZ/

Sentence: Russell had switched to whole-grain doughnuts, light beer, and he was now using only low-fat mayonaise on his bacon and cheese sandwiches, plus, he'd been taking the stairs up to his 2nd floor apartment once a day, instead of using the elevator, and he'd even started doing armchair aerobics — trying to reach down to touch his knees during the TV commercials — and yet he was still gaining weight. Now he had sixpackflabs to show for it, and was well on his way to sporting a keg-belly.

Etymology: blend of; Six-Pack-Abs - well developed abdominal muscles (colloqiualism for the three pairs of bulges apparent in well defined abdominal muscles) + Flabs - soft fatty body tissue (back-formation from flabby, from Middle English, flabband "flapping")

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COMMENTS:

Roared with laughter over keg-belly and sixpackflabs! Terrific Wons! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 10:02:00

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Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: stellth-food

Sentence: The scale gave a small muffled electronic scream when Andy brought his full weight to bear. He was just about done with trying to shape up; two weeks of treadmill and proper diet had led to a 5-pound gain. Unfortunately, Andy had been mistaken in his meal-selecting logic, and all of the sensible meals he had recently consumed were in fact stealthfoods. The 8-oz portion of fish the night before, for example, had come from an Eastern Stoned Lardwrasse. After a lazy afternoon on the reef smoking reefer, the fish had consumed a bag of Funyuns, 3 Big Macs, 2 orders of fries, a chocolate shake, and a carton of Haagen Daazs. Leaving his friends laughing in his enormous wake, calling him names like "Marlin Brando", the lardwrasse had groggily stumbled into a waiting net, his certain doom, and another veneer of fat on Andy's barely denim-constrained buttocks.

Etymology: stealth + food; ala healthfood

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COMMENTS:

What a witty twist to come up with an eat-it-self-to-death fish that packs weight on humans! Topped off with a meaning full great pun! Excellent Won! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 10:06:00

Now I know why I almost bought that bag of Bloomin' Onion Crisps at the store tonight. Bastard Banky! (Sorry James!) Nice word! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-19: 20:55:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ass/tun/aj/ment

Sentence: Sally gasped with asstonnagement when she tried to sit in her favourite chair and found she couldn't fit any longer - so much for those protein bars.

Etymology: ass + tonnage + astonishment

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COMMENTS:

Cute word - Nosila, 2009-01-09: 19:53:00

Very memorable! Nice way to say being overweight is a real pain in the a** ...in more ways than one. Sticks in my memory like Sally's bottom sticks in the chair! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-09: 20:51:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: In - fats - yoo - ait

Sentence: When Vernon saw how many inches he'd added to his waist in recent months he muttered to himself, "t must have been something infatsyouate."

Etymology: Play on the word infatuate...infatuated with food, Vernon simply ate too much.

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COMMENTS:

Exceptional word play! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 09:59:00

I like it! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-19: 20:49:00

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Created by: paperhoard

Pronunciation: Fatty-mo-sis

Sentence: Jim seems to gain weight by simply having fatty food near his paunch. Scientifically this process is called fattimosis, fat traveling from one area to another directly through the paunch layer. Jim is now at the point where he can butter his bread simply by rubbing it across his stomach.

Etymology: Fatty + Osmosis

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COMMENTS:

Great last line ... Great Verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 10:46:00

very funny - bookowl, 2008-03-19: 14:23:00

Thank you! - paperhoard, 2008-03-19: 14:46:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kou-uhs-then-iks

Sentence: Roger goes to the gym on a regular basis. What he calls a workout rarely involves much work. His cowisthenics usually involve hoofing it to the closest vending machine for an "energy" drink and "health" bar. On a really energetic visit he might be moooved to join a short basketball game, take a quick shower and herd for the donut shop on his way home to replenish all those expended carbs.

Etymology: cow (a mature bovine) + calisthenics (gymnastic exercises designed to develop physical health and vigor)

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Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: FAL-OR-EES

Sentence: These 100 calorie packs have added like 500 phalories on me!

Etymology: Phantom Calories

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COMMENTS:

I've never seen a calorie, never felt one, so I think phalories is a perfect word for them! Well done! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 20:31:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: thin bawl

Sentence: Tommy could not understand why his waist line was not shrinking. To offset the odd Big Mac (3 a day, which offered him something from most every food group)he incorporated rigorous exercise into his daily routine, like: he jumped to conclusions;his nose ran;he flew off the handle;he skated on thin ice at work;he wrestled with his conscience; he broad-jumped at bars;he did the breast stroke whenever he could and he curled his hair. Yes, Tommy was indeed a thinbawl wizard there has to be a twist,A thinball wizard's got such a supple waist!

Etymology: thin (slender) & bawl (to cry, because you're not thin)

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COMMENTS:

Your word plays are a many splendored things. So rich with everything that makes for great creates! Ingenious! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-20: 17:04:00

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Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: fat IC u lus

Sentence: I work out, I try to eat properly and then even after painstaking detailed gym attendance this damn faticulous weight appears.

Etymology: FAT: + RIDICULOUS: not serious, unreasonable METICULOUS: careful attention to detail

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ffflab eeeeeeeeeer gas ting

Sentence: the situation was very flabbiergasting, which led to flabbiergasping, which was not fun.

Etymology: flabbergasting, flabbier

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COMMENTS:

as long as it didn't lead to flabbiergassing - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-09: 13:43:00

Flabulous word! - Nosila, 2009-01-09: 19:54:00

Double Flabulous ... both are great creates! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-09: 20:44:00

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