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DEFINITION: v., To finish your plate and eat all the food in front of you, even when not hungry. n., Compulsive over-consumption of food in order to relieve guilt.
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Glutmartyrton
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: gluht-mahr-ter-tun
Sentence: Immediately following the cancellation of his monthly donation to childrens charities, he glutmartyrtonned on copious amounts of potato chips, cheesies, doritos and party mix.
Etymology: glutton + martyr
Glutanthropy
Created by: FayeWord
Pronunciation: glut-an-throw-fy
Sentence:
Etymology: glutton; philanthropy
Cleanplatism
Created by: nyxnekhbet
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Joe wasn't really hungry but his cleanplatism kept him from leaving even a morsel for the mice.
Etymology:
Grubsessive
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: grəbsɛsɪv
Sentence: Having grown up being chided to always be in the ”clean plate club”, Billy has become grubsessive. The disposer in his sink is in practically pristine condition. Those starving children in Africa don’t stand a chance getting anything out of this food chain.
Etymology: grub (food) + obsessive (to be preoccupied)
Specktroscoopick
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: spec/trow/scoop/ic
Sentence: Stan was a very specktroscoopick individual and would scoop up or pick up every speck of food at the table no matter how minuscule the crumb might seem to the untrained eye.
Etymology: spectroscopic + speck + scoop + pick
Gormanitarian
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gawr/man/i/tair/ee/uhn
Sentence: Joe, the ultimate gormanitarian, was quoted as saying, " I ate six helpings of everything for all the starving children in the world. God bless them and pass the leftover ham and potatoes."
Etymology: GORMANITARIAN - noun - from GORMANDIZE (to eat greedily, or ravenously) + HUMANITARIAN (having concern for and helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people)
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - vmalcolm, 2008-09-12: 07:37:00
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Gluttonagia
Created by: Anthporter
Pronunciation: glutt'n'a'jeh
Sentence: Thinking of all the poor children in the world, Bob couldn't help but clean off his plate in a moment of gluttonagia.
Etymology: glutton: a person devoted to eating and drinking in excess -agia: a derivative of the Greek phago, to eat; sounds like Asia, in reference to "think of those poor, starving children in Asia"
Carepigitis
Created by: Garry
Pronunciation: "Care" "pig" itis
Sentence: My brother,even though he was a lite eater, developed carepigitis on Thanksgiving Day!
Etymology:
Malfeastance
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: mal-feest-uhns
Sentence: Ken felt guilty about ordering 100 dollars worth of foie gras and the malfeastance he fealt led him to order Baluga Caviar and Kentucky Fried Chicken. He washed it down with a bottle of Kristal and a few Red Bulls.
Etymology: malfeasance + feast
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COMMENTS:
scrumpdelicious - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-12: 09:27:00
Good to see that Ken has taken a stance! Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-14: 19:08:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James