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DEFINITION: n. That sinking feeling you get when you realize that you will be shedding your winter coat, before you can possibly shed the extra layer of insulation (i.e. fat) that you gained over the winter. v. To worry about your weight.
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Sheddread
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: 'shed-dred
Sentence: Once again facing the awful prospect of having to lose the winter fat she had stored up, Carmen had an almost overwhelming case of sheddread, not sure she could drum up the discipline needed to pull it off.
Etymology: Blend of 'shed' (v. to cast off or let fall - leaves, hair, feathers, skin, shell, etc - by natural process) and 'dread' (n. terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear)
Fatxiety
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Fat-Zi-Ity
Sentence: faxiety is the leading cause of depression in the spring months.
Etymology: Fat+ (an)xiety
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COMMENTS:
This is good, in fact I am a bit fatxious right now.. - wordmeister, 2007-02-28: 09:06:00
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Frugrump
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: fr ug rum p
Sentence: amy was so upset she was in a frugrump because she still weighed in 3 stone over the weight she was when she was pregnant.
Etymology: from grumpy and frumpy
Springdumb
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: spring-dumb
Sentence: She realized she had suffered a case of springdumb all winter as she munched on twinkies to keep the winter blues at bay, forgetting that spring bikinis would soon be in fashion.
Etymology: Spring: That lovely time of year when everything blooms, but your body isn't supposed to. -- Dumb: The ability to ignore the obvious.
Snowrefrets
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: snōrēfret
Sentence: Gloria faces the upcoming Spring with snowrefrets. The fact that her resolution to go to the gym froze during the first snowfall and her diet since Thanksgiving has been much like a polar bear with an unlimited source of harp seals has left her dreading the work she will need to do if she was to avoid a summer of muumuus.
Etymology: snow (atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer) + regrets (feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over something that has happened or been done, esp. a loss or missed opportunity) + fret (be constantly or visibly worried or anxious)
Pounderance
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pown der ans
Sentence: Paula hated the onslaught of spring because of worrying whether or not she could wear a bikini at the shore. Each year was more of a pounderance for her than the last. She would soon have to shop at the Big Girls' Stores or consider moving far from the beach.
Etymology: Pound (unit of weight measurement) & Ponderance (weight/gravity of something thought about;reflect deeply on it)
Woewoewoeyourbloat
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: woh-woh-woh-yoor-bloht
Sentence: woewoewoeyourbloat 'nuff to make you scream verily verily verily verily we'll have no more ice cream
Etymology: Woe (an exclamation of grief, distress, or lamentation) + bloat (to become swollen; be puffed out or dilated) A play on (song) Row, row, row your boat
Blimpblight
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: blimp/blite
Sentence: As she ambled across the room like an elephant, she realized that her nightly forays into the refrigerator foraging for leftovers was the cause of a bothersome state her husband often referred to as blimpblight.
Etymology: blimp + blight
Vernillardalyze
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: vur-nl-ahrd-al-ahyz
Sentence: Looking at the scale in March makes many women frustrated as they vernillardalyze.
Etymology: vernal + ill + lard + analyze = spring + sick + fat + thought
Equinoxious
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: eh-kwuh-NOKS-shush
Sentence: As Barb peered over her belly to read the scale she felt so equinoxious she had to sit down. She began to sob, "Damn, I KNEW I should've thrown those last dozen fruitcakes away!"
Etymology: equinox (first day of spring) + anxious with a side of noxious.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James