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DEFINITION: v. To enjoy, or derive physical pleasure from, the eating of sweets and other sugared substances -- often leads to over-consumption. n. Pleasure derived from the consumption of sweets.
Verboticisms
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Candyfob
Created by: long4fun
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She candyphobs everyday and also has problems with her stomach.
Etymology:
Philoglucophagy
Created by: morganfrost
Pronunciation: fill-o-GLOO-ko-fa-ji
Sentence: He claimed that his weight problem was hormonal, but everyone knew it was a combination of indolence and philoglucophagy.
Etymology: Philo=love/Gluco=sugar/phagy= eating
Glucosetony
Created by: jeremiahbritt
Pronunciation: glew-kohz-toh-nee
Sentence: Marcus's glucosetony made him unable to pass Madeline's candy jar with out gorging himself into a diabetic coma.
Etymology: glucose+gluttony
Sucroglutopulsive
Created by: Blackcloud
Pronunciation: Sook-row-gloo-toe-pul-siv
Sentence: He's such a sucroglutopulsive person, he'll never lose weight.
Etymology: sucro from sugar, gluto from gluttony, pulsive from compulsive.
Tastegasm
Created by: J03Yvanalstyne
Pronunciation:
Sentence: That donut is "tastegasmic."
Etymology:
Candevour
Created by: Amerie
Pronunciation: can-dee-vow-r
Sentence: Tom couldn't walk past the bakery without the urge to candevour everything in sight.
Etymology: candy + devour
Smoof
Created by: jwalter32
Pronunciation: SMOOF
Sentence: Embarrassed, Marianne left the room, leaving Roger alone smoofing his ice cream.
Etymology:
Saccharinicate
Created by: jennw2ns
Pronunciation: Sak-kah-RIN-ih-kayt
Sentence: People tend to saccharinicate around the holidays.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
If the definition is given as a verb, how come most of the verboticisms are nouns? - jennw2ns, 2006-12-15: 10:32:00
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Comments:
wyzowl - 2006-12-15: 01:28:00
Gluttony has made it so. Eating at any time in excess of your body needs is gluttony.
Fleury - 2006-12-15: 02:36:00
Yes, I used 'overindolcevita' for http://www.verbotomy.com/verbotomy.php?jid=kiss already. Sorry, but it just seemed so apt for this one as well.
i spelled my word wrong! how do i change it?
- 2006-12-15: 07:50:00
Hi Loosepeice, We are adding a VSEC (Verboticism Spelling, Editing and Correction) feature this weekend... ~ James
warped - 2006-12-15: 12:51:00
aw, someone already made "Gluephoria"...why can I never think of something original? It always seems like someone beats me to the punch...I guess I should get up earlier. :D
warped - 2006-12-15: 12:53:00
btw, There's no way to change/retract a word, is there?
Hi warped, Not yet... but soon! ~ James
Seems the early verb catches the worm voting wise, eh?
ArosaMike - 2006-12-17: 18:55:00
Woohoo! I made a 100% unique word :D Get in ;)
Works well as a noun, but as a verb...?
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