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DEFINITION: n. The creepy pounds that sneak onto your waist even though you've been exercising and watching what you eat. v. To exercise rigorously, diet fastidiously, and yet still gain weight.
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Itsfatsyouate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Itz - fats - yoo - ayt
Sentence: When Melvin saw how much 'girth' he'd gained in recent months he muttered to himself while staring, mouth agape, at his reflection in the mirror, "I know itsfatsyouate, you big blob."
Etymology: Play on the word infatuate. Infers being infatuated with rich, fatty foods.
Sixpackflabs
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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Infatsyouate
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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Expansercise
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ex/pan/ser/cise
Sentence: No matter how much he worked out, he tended to eat more and more which unfortunately just exasserbated the problem and turned the two into an expansercise for his body.
Etymology: Expand + expanse + exercise
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COMMENTS:
maybe he should see an expancorcist - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-19: 11:46:00
Be he was exassperated! Was this also a play on dancercise! Interesting Word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 20:35:00
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Asstonnagement
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ass/tun/aj/ment
Sentence: She gasped with asstonnagemnet 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:
HA! Good one! Quite cheeky! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-19: 07:19:00
Laughing so hard I can barely type! Funtastic Won! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 10:30:00
Thanks a ton! You made my day! - Jamagra, 2008-03-19: 14:12:00
His day of astonement will suely come! Nice blend of words. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-20: 05:05:00
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Flabbiergasting
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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Girthumstances
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: GURTH-kuh.m-stansz
Sentence: Bob used every motivational tool and slimming trick out there in endeavouring to be trim, taut and terrific. And he believed that it was only a matter of time before he hit upon the right formula to overcome his adipose issue. However, friends discovered the unhoggable truth about his girthumstances; when, at 2am, they spotted him, somnambulatory, at his local all-night eatery, flaboyant in his dressing gown and slippers, ordering for himself enough food to feed a family of ten.
Etymology: Conflation of GIRTH:the distance around a persons body & CIRCUMSTANCES:The surrounding or pertaining facts, means, influences, etc.,especially asrelated to one's/ones support and way of living.
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COMMENTS:
Girth is a great word ... rounds off your creation very nicely! Outstanding Won! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 10:10:00
love it - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-19: 11:48:00
Great word Oz! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-19: 20:57:00
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Carbohydeweight
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Kar-bow-high-d-way-t
Sentence: The common misconception that sugar is at the root of all obesity problems hides the true fact that the increased use of fats in processed foods and lack of proper exercise to remove volume overeating poundage has led to people developing self-delusional "Jekyll and Hyde" attitudes about their diet/lifestyle, and weight in a form of "Carbohydeweight"
Etymology: Carbohydrate - An organic compound. / High - Elevated. / Hide - concealed. / Hyde - See Jekyll and Hyde. / Weight - Gravitational displacement (see also blubber)
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COMMENTS:
In every way .... outstandingly excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 10:20:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-19: 11:38:00
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-20: 05:12:00
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Fatsoishmanism
Created by: Soyabaa96
Pronunciation: Fat so` ish man ism
Sentence: I have a horrible case of Fatsoishmanism
Etymology:
Blubbles
Created by: DragonRider428
Pronunciation: rhymes with bubbles/bubbles with an l
Sentence: I keep exercising virgorously but these blubbes keep appearing!
Etymology: derived from the word "bubbles" - refers to the pounds gained even when exercising and dieting.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Mustang - 2008-03-19: 00:49:00
Infatsyouate
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
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