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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.
Verboticisms
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Bikinevasion
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: bikini-vay-shun
Sentence: Carlotta sighed as she examined the flabby white flesh exposed when she took off her coat. Yes, bikinevasion season had arrived.
Etymology: bikini (two piece swimwear) + evasion (avoidance)
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COMMENTS:
funny petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-28: 15:37:00
thanks - petaj, 2007-03-01: 04:58:00
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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)
Poundxiety
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pownd zuy etee
Sentence: When Betsey lived in Montana, she dreaded Spring, because her poundxiety would return. She knew she had gained some pounds over Christmas and winter and had a hard time losing it. At her doctor's office, the scale read 187 pounds...thirty more than normal for her. When her husband was transferred to Canada, she was delighted to find that at her new doctor's office, she only weighed in at 85...she figured all the effort and stress of the move had helped her slim down,until her doctor pointed out that her weight was measured here in kilograms. He told her that if she had transferred to England, she'd only weigh 13.35 (stone that is).
Etymology: Pounds (weight measurement, especially of the body) & Anxiety ( a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune;a relatively permanent state of anxiety occurring in a variety of mental disorders)
Blubs
Created by: contiki
Pronunciation: blubbs
Sentence: After I saw the number on the scale it really gave me the blubs :(
Etymology: Blubber + blues
Heftalump
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: hef-tah-lump
Sentence: Rachel told her friend Sue that when she weighed herself at the end of winter she got a heftalump in her tummy.
Etymology: heft; heffalump; lump
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)
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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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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Autoblubiphobia
Created by: buck180
Pronunciation: aw/tow/blub/uh/FOE/bee/yah
Sentence: Looking in the mirror Susan realized that she'd never lose her excess winter weight before beach season. It was at that precise moment that her autoblubiphobia kicked in causing her to cringe and despise her perfect size 6 frame.
Etymology: A combining of: The prefix AUTO - pertaining to self. BLUBBER - whale fat. And the Latin suffix PHOBIA - an irrational fear.
Hibermodelosis
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: hy.ber.mo.del.oh.sis
Sentence: "I can't even see my toes when I'm standing on the scale" he whined. "Not unless you turn the light on", she replied flicking the switch. He was a clear case of hibermodelosis to her.
Etymology: The pathological need (psychosis) to get through the winter (hibernate)looking like a model and the resulting and unavoidable depression
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James