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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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Sweetophilia
Created by: humbug
Pronunciation: [swi:toufilie]
Sentence: He suffers from sweetophilia.
Etymology:
Tastaculizer
Created by: xelepart
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "As evidenced by the way he's eating that cake, Joey is a complete tastaculizer."
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
Jamcramming
Created by: wysware
Pronunciation: jam-cram-ming
Sentence: I guess from all those empty donut boxes that you've been jamcramming again
Etymology: jam (sweet sugary substance) cram (to overfeed)
Creampoofery
Created by: Chapin
Pronunciation: creem-poof-er-ee
Sentence: Every time Wayne passes a Dunkin' Donuts, he turns into a total creampoof.
Etymology: creampuff + poof
Honeyhorse
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: hun/ee/hors
Sentence: As the "honeyhorse" looked over the big buffet of bonbons before him, he began chomping at the bit in eager anticipation of which one to devour first.
Etymology: honey: a sweet substance + horse: as in eat like a horse
Sugobesity
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: shu-go-BE-sih-tee
Sentence: Many police officers suffer from sugobesity.
Etymology: sugar, obesity
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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