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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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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
Blubs
Created by: contiki
Pronunciation: blubbs
Sentence: After I saw the number on the scale it really gave me the blubs :(
Etymology: Blubber + blues
Titanicattack
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ty/tan/ic/a/tac
Sentence: Tiffany had a titanicattack when she tried to teeter totter with Tony and they tumbled due to her tubbiness
Etymology: titanic (massive and likely to sink) + panic attack
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COMMENTS:
Looks like those alliterattacks are catching! - petaj, 2007-03-01: 05:07:00
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Fatulation
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: fatch-you-lay-shun
Sentence: When someone has flatulation and fatulation too, i don't know which is worse: tolerating the stench or listening to then complain about being overweight.
Etymology: from fat + flatulation a literal "sinking feeling"
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
Winterbloat
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: Winter-bloat
Sentence: My coats gone, but I still have to deal with the holiday winterbloat.
Etymology: Winter + bloat
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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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
Lipidowner
Created by: magenta
Pronunciation: li-pi-dau-ner
Sentence: I was on such a high today until I got on the scales - what a lipidowner that was.
Etymology: lipids(fats) + downer
Pudjitters
Created by: iwasatripwire
Pronunciation: pudge-itters
Sentence: Just thinking about bikinis gives me the pudjitters
Etymology: pudgy + jitters
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes.
Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James