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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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Glutony
Created by: torgone
Pronunciation: gloo ten ee
Sentence: The sales office is an orgy of glutony on Friday morning.
Etymology: gluten + gluttony
Canennite
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: cane-en-nite
Sentence: Mary didn't know why... Was it DNA? Or was it the will of God? ...But she felt like a biologially programmed canennite. Sadly, at 32 years of age, she weighed over 200 pounds and had no teeth.
Etymology: sugar cane with the biblical twist
Sucrobsessed
Created by: aleclair
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The sucrobsessed man decided it was his prime duty that weekend not to repair the car, but to acquire a pound of Hersheys' Kisses.
Etymology: Sucrobsessed is an adjective. The verb form is sucrobsess, and the noun form is sucrobsession. The word is derived from sucrose, the scientific name for sugar - and obsess.
Overindolcevita
Created by: Fleury
Pronunciation: oh-ver-in-dull-chay-VEE-tah
Sentence: Standing before the heavenly assortment of glazes, powders, and chocolate sprinkles, I succumbed to overindolcevita, diving into the sugar-rainbow mouth first.
Etymology: "over indulge" + "La Dolce Vita" (the sweet life)
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)
Fructosy
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: frook tow see
Sentence: George loved anything sweet, particularly sweet fruits, especially those in liquid form. He was mad about madeira, sanguine for sangria, a muscateer for muscatel and okay for tokay. Even the next days wrath of grapes was worth it for the sense of fructosy he could achieve.
Etymology: Fructose (a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits) & Ecstasy (a state of elated bliss)
Saccharophiliac
Created by: Jonno
Pronunciation: sak/ar/oh/fill/ee/ak
Sentence: Rob was unexpectedly outed as a saccharophiliac when the bag of white powder found in his suitcase tested positive for sherbet.
Etymology: Saccharine(sweet) + Philiac (one that has a tendency towards)
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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