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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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Glucoverdose
Created by: DoctorManhattan
Pronunciation: 'glü-'kO-v&r-"dOs
Sentence: "If you eat all those deep-fried Twinkies, you're going to glucoverdose."
Etymology: From Greek "gleukos" meaning "sweet wine" + from Old English "over" + from Greek and Latin "dosis" meaning "gift".
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COMMENTS:
Deep fried twinkies? That sounds good! - wordmeister, 2006-12-15: 17:25:00
I know. There was this restaurant in L.A. that would sell them, but every time we went there they were closed for one reason or another (family emergencies (heart attacks?), etc.) and then they finally closed permanently, so I never got a chance to try o - DoctorManhattan, 2006-12-17: 14:35:00
ne. By all reports, they were exquisite, though. Guess I'll have to try it myself one of these days. - DoctorManhattan, 2006-12-17: 14:36:00
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Syruptuous
Created by: kmccardle
Pronunciation: Syrup + chew + us
Sentence: That box of candy was so syruptuous I simply couldn't help myself.
Etymology: Syrup(sweet liquid) - ous(suffix, "full of")
Scrumevilantris
Created by: woozlepiglet
Pronunciation: scrum-evil-an-tris
Sentence: these cakes are soooooooooooooo scrumevilantris! i want to keep eating but if i do ill never stop!
Etymology:
Donuttery
Created by: Psychicsi
Pronunciation: Do-nut-ter-y
Sentence: After noticing an open box of Krispy Kreme donuts Sandra and Bob went Donuttery
Etymology:
Sweetover
Created by: annanas
Pronunciation: sweet/over
Sentence: If you continue sweetovering you will look like a pig!
Etymology: sweet + over-consumption
Hersheroticism
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: her shee rot isss iz um
Sentence: she gave herself over to the hersheroticism until she was totally enwraptured
Etymology: hershey eroticism
Saccharidophilla
Created by: tpm01
Pronunciation: sack-a-rido-fila
Sentence:
Etymology: saccharide meanining a basic carbohydrate such as a sugar and phila meaning love
Glucolic
Created by: ensoul1
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Hi, my name's Bob, and I'm a Glucolic. (Hi Bob!)
Etymology: Glucose + -oholic
Sugaddict
Created by: Upaut
Pronunciation: shoo-gad-ict
Sentence: Dawn became such a sugaddict while working at the candy factory.
Etymology: sugar + addict
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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