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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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Phenomaprocurity
Created by: yelloweyes
Pronunciation: fe-naw-maw-pro-cure-it-ee
Sentence: Shelly has been gaining weight recently. She said it was because she is experiencing phenomaprocurity, but I do not believe she is actually dieting or exercising.
Etymology: Phenoma - from phenomenon (fact or situation with a questionable/unknown cause) Procurity - from procure (to obtain).
Fatscites
Created by: lplybon
Pronunciation: "Fat-SI-tees"
Sentence: Over the past four months -- after her doctor scared the beejeesus out of her -- Sophie has religiously exercised, watched what she eats, and even goes to those (sometimes really irritating) support groups. And the result? A total loss of three stinking pounds. And to add insult to injury, Sophie notices that her fascites seems to have grown! How can that be!?!
Etymology: Combination of the word "fat" and "ascites"
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.
Phalories
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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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 exacerbated the problem and turned the two activities into a futile expansercise for his body.
Etymology: EXPANSERCISE - from EXPANSE (something that is spread out over a relatively large area) + EXERCISE (activity that requires physical exertion)
Fattimosis
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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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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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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Lardgesse
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: lard/jes
Sentence: He was know far and wide for his lardgesse
Etymology: lard + largesse
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COMMENTS:
Heh! Love it! - Jamagra, 2008-03-19: 14:09:00
Simple and Super Word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-19: 20:38:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Mustang - 2008-03-19: 00:49:00
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