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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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Starvingchinasyndrome
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: stahr-vihng-CHYE-nuh-sihn-drohm
Sentence: Alex grew up to develop starvingchinasyndrome; sadly, he often cleaned dates' plates before they were done with them.
Etymology: "You'd better clean your plate, there are starving children in China!" + China syndrome + syndrome
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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Pignial
Created by: julyd
Pronunciation: pig-ni-al
Sentence: His friends often said he was in pignial because of his excessive eating habits and poor justifications.
Etymology: pig + denial
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.
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)
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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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
Gastronopathic
Created by: aayeye
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My gastronopathic tendencies forces me to clean my plate.
Etymology: Gastronomy + Empathy
Afreatin
Created by: dogran
Pronunciation: afr-ee-tin
Sentence: What on earth is that man doing licking that woman's plate? Its very unfortunate but after he visited africa he has come over all afreatin and such
Etymology: Eating for Africa
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James