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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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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:
Catholick
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: cat o lihk
Sentence: He gave his plate a Catholick
Etymology: catholic, lick
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COMMENTS:
I love it! - astorey, 2008-09-12: 10:43:00
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Glutanthropy
Created by: FayeWord
Pronunciation: glut-an-throw-fy
Sentence:
Etymology: glutton; philanthropy
Compassioneat
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: kum PASH un eet
Sentence: Mr. Hoover always thinks of those less fortunate as he enjoys his meals, remembering his mother's words that "there are children in China who would love to eat" whatever is on his plate. He is very compassioneat, sometimes "dedicating" each of his second, third, etc., helpings to some unknown starving person. He even considers eating food off the floor to be "helping Mother Earth" by "recycling" something that would otherwise go uneaten. "Waste not, want not," he always says. More like "Waste not, waist YES."
Etymology: compassionate + eat
Carepigitis
Created by: Garry
Pronunciation: "Care" "pig" itis
Sentence: My brother,even though he was a lite eater, developed carepigitis on Thanksgiving Day!
Etymology:
Guilttony
Created by: AlohaJo
Pronunciation: Guilt-ton-y.
Sentence: In an act of sheer guilttony, he ate all of his food. And his brother's. And his parent's. And his pet's...
Etymology: Guilt (from "guilt"), and tony (from "gluttony")
Gormanitarian
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gawr/man/i/tair/ee/uhn
Sentence: Joey, 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: gormandizer (glutton) + humanitarian
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COMMENTS:
funny! - remistram, 2007-10-12: 09:34:00
Very good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-14: 19:08:00
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Shovelumption
Created by: KenM2
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I couldn't believe he performed shovelumption on those leftovers.
Etymology: Shoveling the food + Consumption
Cleanplateclubitis
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: cleen/playt/club/eye/tis
Sentence: For years, the threat of no dessert and the empty allure of membership in the 'Clean Plate Club' goaded Stacey into finishing all the food on her plate, even if it meant eating well past the full point into tummy-aching illness. Today, Stacey still suffers from cleanplateclubitis, using garlic bread to scrape up any remaining pasta sauce.
Etymology: The Clean Plate Club, insidious coercion technique used by parents of the previous generation(s) to get kids to eat all their food, plus itis, the common suffix related to disease.
Gulpability
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: gulp/a/bill/i/tee
Sentence: Dave's gulpability was uncontested. He felt he had to finish every last drop of food or drink so that it would not go to waste - unfortunately it went to waist.
Etymology: culpability + gulp
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COMMENTS:
Big Gulpability an new 7-Eleven drink! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-12: 09:55:00
Very good word blend with wider application. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-14: 19:10:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James