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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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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
Altrugluttony
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: al-tru-glut-uny
Sentence: Because of his altrugluttony, Hal started a Weight Watchers group at his place of employment, the Atlanta Food Bank.
Etymology: altru (from altruism, the selfless regard for others) + gluttony (eating to excess)
Crammiserate
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (tr. v.) krām-mĭz'-ə-rāt'; (n.) krām-mĭz'-ə-rāt'-ər
Sentence: Even though I had eaten dinner, we ordered three pizzas and I crammiserated with Jackie's loss of her cat.
Etymology: cram = (to overfeed) + [com]miserate = (to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for)
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
Seefoodiet
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: seafood-diet
Sentence: Wally wasn't called Wally because his name was Wallace, it was because he resembled a Walrus due to his seefoodiet.
Etymology: An oldy but a goody. I'm on a diet. Oh really, what kind? A seafood diet. I see food and eat it.
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
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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Scumching
Created by: grllkme
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Scumching can make you fat.
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James