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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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Starveating
Created by: mustkeepsanity
Pronunciation: star-vee-ting
Sentence: Andrew starveats any leftovers. The resulting stomach aches help him commiserate with those who have nothing to eat.
Etymology: Starving, Eating
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"
Chowcow
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: chou-kou
Sentence: Billy was such a chowcow that he not only finished everything on his own plate, he made the rounds of everyone else at the table to hoover in every stray morsel. In a restaurant, he would request an extra basket of bread to sop up any remaining juices on his plate. His personal mantra? "You gonna finish that?"
Etymology: Chow (food) + cow (a domestic bovine)
Irrefeastable
Created by: crmow
Pronunciation: ir-i-FEEST-uh-buh-l
Sentence: Jerry had an irrefeastable urge to scarf down every entree on the buffet.
Etymology: irresistable + feast
Foodanism
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /fu:dənɪzəm/
Sentence: "Brothers and Sisters, this is a proposal for you to stop feeling that guilt when a piece of chicken has been left on the plate and you have no freezer... Convert to Foodanism, feel the spirituality of an empty plate..." "By foodanizing everything you'll feel the relief... the calm... Eat! Consume!"
Etymology: FOODANISM. From Food (A specified kind of nourishment) + ISM (suff. Doctrine; theory; system of principles)
Mollycoddle
Created by: hiladizzle
Pronunciation: moll-y-coddle
Sentence: Bob's such a mollycoddle. He keeps eating even though he claims to be stuffed.
Etymology: Mollycoddle - n., To overindulge. v., To be overindulged.
Philupthropy
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: fill-up-thrah-pee
Sentence: his expanding waistline was a testament to his philupthropic ways
Etymology: fill up, philanthropy
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COMMENTS:
so clever!! - libertybelle, 2007-10-12: 10:30:00
Love it. - aayeye, 2007-10-14: 17:42:00
Excellent! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-14: 19:15:00
Wow! I was thinking along those lines:) - FayeWord, 2007-10-17: 23:02:00
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Gobblesate
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Gobb-el-sayt
Sentence: As a child, Tom's mother always reminded him of the starving children in Africa everytime he thought about leaving his dinner. So even now at the age of forty two he would never leave a single thing on his plate in order to ease the guilt of the mental picture she had planted firmly in his head. Even if he had to sit there for hours just to make sure every scrap of food had been eaten, it didn't matter as long as he felt he had done his bit for mankind. This could possibly explain why he weighed thirty five and a half stone!
Etymology: Gobble( to hurriedly eat a large amount) + Sate( supply with as much or more than desired or can be managed) = Gobblesate
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James