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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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Glucogulp
Created by: Tealeaf
Pronunciation: gloo'-ka-gulp
Sentence: "I'm about to glucogulp my way out of these size 6 shorts."
Etymology: glucose and gulping a glutton does make
Jellophilia
Created by: Daddaluma
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Bill always chalked up his morbid obesity to an acute case of jellophilia, but really, he just eats too much and doesn't get enough exercise. What a pig.
Etymology:
Gluttonousmaximus
Created by: jennypenny210
Pronunciation: gluhtinuhs-maxihmuhs
Sentence: eating sweets to your heart's content to the EXTREME
Etymology:
Posimistic
Created by: 2fast4murk
Pronunciation:
Sentence: i am very posimistic about the future
Etymology: combination of positive and optimistic
Sucruttony
Created by: solitair
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He ate so many sweets he died of sucruttony.
Etymology:
Beetnik
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: bee/t/nik
Sentence: Once a week the beetniks met in the local Starbucks and paid homage to the great sugar beet by reciting sweet poetry and adding beet sugar to their double lattes
Etymology: beet (sugar) + beatnik
Saccharidophilla
Created by: tpm01
Pronunciation: sack-a-rido-fila
Sentence:
Etymology: saccharide meanining a basic carbohydrate such as a sugar and phila meaning love
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.
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...?
duktoreks - 2016-12-09: 00:20:00
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