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DEFINITION: v. To pig out at your desk right before a business lunch, so you'll be satisfied with a salad and water at the restaurant, and create the impression that you're not a glutton. n., A secret snack taken to strengthen one's resolve not to eat too much while others are watching.
Verboticisms
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Premasticator
Created by: day4ghee
Pronunciation: pre-mas-ti-kator
Sentence: susan was accused of being a premasticator by billy who had witnessed her shoveling anything from ho-ho's to hot pockets into her face before the office lunch,he offered the tattered remains of a pizza bagle as evidence of the carniage.
Etymology: pre-to come before., masticate- to chew,or eat.
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COMMENTS:
Goo one - TJayzz, 2008-11-12: 06:28:00
Sorry Good one! - TJayzz, 2008-11-12: 06:29:00
Excellent! - Mustang, 2008-11-12: 18:25:00
No, it WAS a goo one. Very nice. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-14: 02:43:00
I like it.... - mweinmann, 2008-11-14: 07:52:00
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Gluttifaction
Created by: roseannmvp
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Mary sat down for some gluttifaction before going on her first date with Chad.
Etymology: gluttony + satisfaction
Saladsinner
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: sal-ed-sin-er
Sentence: Mary was an unrepentent salad sinner. Right before a date or any other sort of meal where she was eating out and in the company of others, she would raid the nearest refrigerator and gorge herself on whatever she could find. This made her the most reviled person in the office, and cost her quite a few second dates, as she would ask to stop by her date's apartment to use the restroom, then detour through the kitchen and return to the front door still licking her lips.
Etymology: Salad spinner modified to salad sinner
Cramoflage
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: KRAM-uh-flahzh
Sentence: Bob, an arcanivore, whose hogma was: " lets binge from breakfast, for at office lunch we diet", carefully cramoflaged all morning long on Krispy Kreamy donuts.
Etymology: CRAMOFLAGE: blend of cram & camouflage, 2. HOGMA (hog & dogma) 3.ARCANIVORE: (arcane & -vore, as in omnivore)
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COMMENTS:
deelicious! - galwaywegian, 2008-01-15: 07:38:00
Amazing! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-15: 09:37:00
another very funny sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-15: 10:31:00
did somebody say donuts??? I can feel a cramcrave coming on... Another great word and sentence! - bananabender, 2008-01-15: 22:00:00
Mmmm... donuts! —Homer J. Simpson - Tigger, 2008-01-15: 22:47:00
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Cryptogobbler
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: krip-toh-gob-ler
Sentence:
Etymology: From 'crypto-' - a prefix to mean 'secret' or 'hidden', and 'gobble' - to eat something quickly and greedily.
Crampfed
Created by: NeuroGlyph
Pronunciation: Crampf'd
Sentence: Every morsel was crampfed into her mouth.
Etymology:
Chowcanery
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: chow/can/er/y
Sentence: Jenny was a master at chowcanery to avoid eating in front of her co-workers.
Etymology: CHOWCANERY - noun - from CHOW (food) + CHICANERY (evasion, or deception used to trick, or deceive someone)
Prelunch
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: prēlənch
Sentence: As she prepared for the prelaunch celebration of her company*s newest health food offering Joan snuck out for a prelunch. A deep-fried, lard-laden cow-chow meal is completely at odds with her company*s mission statement but she had to get through the presentation of their new granola snack without shoving her face in the bowl. She felt a little better when she busted her boss in the checkout line of the local **greasy spoon** holding a match to her selection.
Etymology: prelaunch (concerning activities or conditions before the launch of a spacecraft, campaign, product, etc.) + lunch (a meal eaten in the middle of the day, typically one that is lighter or less formal than an evening meal) lunch
Prebingeinate
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: pree-binj-in-ate
Sentence: Sue prebingeinated every time her friends asked her out for lunch unbeknownst to them.
Etymology: pre + binge
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-01-15: 10:12:00
Thanks for the fun definition, remistram. Great job on all the verboticisms by all the verbotomists ... what a fun one for us all!
Jabberwocky - 2008-01-15: 10:17:00
Her her - oops I meant hear hear (my mouth was full as I'm snacking at my desk)
Thanks for all the tasty words! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James