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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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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
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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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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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
Gastroguiltology
Created by: wjames
Pronunciation: gastro-guilt-ology
Sentence: Jim's large stomach was not the result a high consumption of beer, as most people thought. It was his practice of gastroguiltology passed down to him by his depression-era parents.
Etymology: Gastronomic - guilt (science of)
Compunctuate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: km punk chu ayt
Sentence: Gary's impulse to compuctuate himself at every meal was no doubt a result of growing up listening to his mother's incessant "Clean up your plate...kids in Africa are starving" rantings.
Etymology: Compunction (a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) & Ate (fed oneself)
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.
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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Compulseindulge
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: com-PULSE-in-dulj
Sentence: Freddie had a phobia regarding leftovers wherein he feared they would go to waste if not eaten immediately and he would immediately compulseindulge following meals wherein he would clean up all leftovers in dishes and from other folks plates.
Etymology: Blend of 'compulsion'(a strong, usually irresistible impulse to perform an act) and 'indulge' (to yield to, satisfy, or gratify (desires, feelings, etc)
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"
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James