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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.
Verboticisms
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Reincarbnation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: rē-inkärbnāshən
Sentence: It wasn't his fault. It was a matter of reincarbnation. The more Phat thought about it the more he believed in regirth. He must have been a sumo in a former life or perhaps a large animal. That would explain the hippobottomus. It was all in his jeans. After another fruitless trip to the gym, he went out and bought another pair of elepants.
Etymology: reincarnation (a person or animal in whom a particular soul is believed to have been reborn) + carb (short for carbohydrate)
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COMMENTS:
Love them elepants. - wayoffcenter, 2009-01-09: 06:34:00
Funny! - kateinkorea, 2009-01-09: 09:53:00
Love it and the story...so deja vu, all over again! - Nosila, 2009-01-09: 19:51:00
Super punsome and funsome! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-09: 20:45:00
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Fatsoishmanism
Created by: Soyabaa96
Pronunciation: Fat so` ish man ism
Sentence: I have a horrible case of Fatsoishmanism
Etymology:
Faticulous
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
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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Fitneglitch
Created by: moondragon
Pronunciation: fit-nuh-glitch
Sentence: There must be some kind of fitneglitch in this exercise plan. My daily work out just seems to make my love handles bigger.
Etymology: A combination of fitness (health) + glitch (error).
Infatsyouate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: In - FATS - yoo - ayt
Sentence: When Sebastian 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 the problem is not systemic, it's infatsyouate, you big blob."
Etymology: Play on the word 'infatuate'. Infers being infatuated with rich, fatty foods.
Elepants
Created by: wayoffcenter
Pronunciation: eləpəntz
Sentence: To say that John was large would be an understatement but he knew just where to shop for his stylish clothes. He went to a store that specialized in elepants.
Etymology: elephant (a heavy plant-eating mammal with a prehensile trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia. It is the largest living land animal) + Pants (trousers)
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COMMENTS:
I know that artr used elepants in his sentence but I thought it was so much fun that it needed to compete on its own. :) - wayoffcenter, 2009-01-09: 09:00:00
Thanks for entering elepants. That's the first time I had someone pick up a secondary word from one of my sentences. - artr, 2009-01-09: 18:07:00
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Killerjoules
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: kil-err-joolz
Sentence: every time he attempted to lose weight he would be ambushed by killerjoules
Etymology: killer, kilojoules
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COMMENTS:
So true! So Powerful! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 10:11:00
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Asstonnagement
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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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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