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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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Ethiopig-out
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: E-the-oh-pig-out
Sentence: Darlene mindlessly began to mindlessly Ethiopig-out on the left over goulash after the dinner discussion turned to the starving children of Namibia.
Etymology: Ethiopia - a third world country reknown as a shoot location for "Save the children" infomercial shoots + Pig-out- to gorge oneself on food in the manner as would a pig.
Terribleat
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: terr + ih + bleat
Sentence: Look, those poor kids are starving, so the least I can do is terrobleat this food...for them.
Etymology: terrible + eat + guilt, of course
Gulpability
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: ˌgəl-pə-ˈbi-lə-tē
Sentence: Max's extreme Gulpabilty had caused him to balloon to a quite hefty 450 pounds. All his life his mother had chastised him for not finishing his meals. "Think of all the kids in India Max that dont get anything but rice, or whatever it is they grow over there!" I'm sure they would LOVE to get some fresh peas and corn in their bellies"
Etymology: Gulp (a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp") + Culpable (blameworthiness, a state of guilt)
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COMMENTS:
Well done! - astorey, 2008-09-12: 10:41:00
Great word! - TJayzz, 2008-09-12: 13:06:00
We'd hate for him to be too gulpable! - Nosila, 2008-09-12: 22:21:00
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Aqueat
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: Ack-wheat
Sentence: "Clear the plate young man! Aqueat your food - starving children would love to have that last piece of brocolli on your plate."
Etymology: Aquit (to clear), Eat (to consume)
Compulsengorge
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: com-PUHLS-in-gorj
Sentence: Ingemar was virtually without self control when it came to eating and he had a fear of uneaten food going to waste so he would compulsengorge, even cleaning other people's plates, until all food was gone.
Etymology: Blend of 'compulsion'(a strong, usually irresistible impulse to perform an act) and 'engorge' (To swallow (food or drink) greedily or rapidly in large amounts)
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
Platronsaint
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: plate/ron/saint
Sentence: St. Josephat is the platronsaint of eating everything that's put in front of you inrespect of those who have less.
Etymology: patron saint + plate
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:
Overgluttonizing
Created by: wtwhitaker
Pronunciation: o-vur/glut-tun/is-ing/
Sentence: It is crazy to overgluttonize even when the food isn't yours.
Etymology: over(more) glutton(eating a lot) ize(suffix)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James