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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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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.
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
Thinfatuated
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: θinfachoōātd
Sentence: Like many people do at this time of year, Kim is thinfatuated with how she will look when it comes time to head for the beach. You might even say she has a blobsession, fretting over every bite she takes. She doesn*t have much time to get rid of her Winter sinsulation.
Etymology: thin (make or become smaller in width or thickness) + infatuated (be inspired with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for)
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COMMENTS:
thimply thinful word - Nosila, 2010-03-18: 00:18:00
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Bulgeblues
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: bulje-blues
Sentence: Mary got the buldgeblues every time she got on the scales and saw the holiday turkey show up to haunt her.
Etymology: buldge + blues
Winterbloat
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: Winter-bloat
Sentence: My coats gone, but I still have to deal with the holiday winterbloat.
Etymology: Winter + bloat
Physeek
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: fizz-eek
Sentence: Stepping on the scales, Jeannie struggled to come to terms with her new physeek.
Etymology: physical (of the body) + eek (a squeak of fear) + physique (physical or bodily structure or appearance)
Melancalorie
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mel/on/cal/o/rie
Sentence: March 1st tomorrow and when I stepped on my scale this morning a severe case of melancalorie set in causing me to stop at the donut shop on the way to work to drown my guilt.
Etymology: melancholy + calorie
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COMMENTS:
good one! - paintergrl1313, 2007-03-01: 09:42:00
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Frostflabitis
Created by: sunny
Pronunciation:
Sentence: As the first robin flew past her window, she stepped upon the scale and was struck by a bout of frostflabitis.
Etymology:
Speedophobic
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: spEED-O-fhO-bic
Sentence: Jill is speedophobic, getting concerned that David is pigging out at the buffet, knowing there is only 20 days to the pool party. She did all she could to keep her food down just picturing David in his tiny polkadotted speedo.
Etymology: speedo,type of swim suit/phobic, fear of
Fatblues
Created by: toralora
Pronunciation: Fatt/bloos
Sentence: I don't feel like going out tonight, I have the fatblues going on.
Etymology: fat + blues (depression)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James