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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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Glucophile
Created by: symemac
Pronunciation: gloo-co-file
Sentence: Robert's such a glucophile; he ate that entire box of candy, and washed it down with a litre of chocolate syrup.
Etymology: a combination of glucose and the greek 'philo' denoting a liking of what is specified.
Sucroload
Created by: crazycarl
Pronunciation: Should probably be hyphenated, but that's not allowed.
Sentence: I didn't go to lunch today; I've just been sucroloading on this bag of oreos.
Etymology: Derived from carbo-load?
Foodfrenzy
Created by: sumoore
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
- sumoore, 2006-12-18: 22:19:00
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Eatahisteria
Created by: LenhardtLac
Pronunciation: ejt-a-hs-terja
Sentence: Look at that fat fudge-packer, he's eating like crazy, he sure does have an eatahisteria!
Etymology:
Sugarse
Created by: TripleT
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I know Maverick sugarses very often - he's becoming fat.
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
Sacromania
Created by: seldumonde
Pronunciation: sack-row-may-nee-uh
Sentence: Jack had to satisfy his sacromania by gorging on handfuls of sweets.
Etymology: Sacro = from sucrose, sugar Mania = obsession
Smorgasm
Created by: wniffene
Pronunciation: Smore-gasm
Sentence: Those cookies gave me a total smorgasm.
Etymology: S'more+Orgasm
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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