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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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Sucrophatic
Created by: pjlilley
Pronunciation: Sook-ro-FAT-ic
Sentence: My husband gets incredibly sucrophatic around the holidays.
Etymology: sucrose (sugar), philic (to have an affinity for), changed to phat for effect.
Swettony
Created by: meiyas
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The doctor concluded that swettony was the cause of his heart problems
Etymology: sweet - gluttony
Sugaddict
Created by: Upaut
Pronunciation: shoo-gad-ict
Sentence: Dawn became such a sugaddict while working at the candy factory.
Etymology: sugar + addict
Sweetitillate
Created by: llimllib
Pronunciation: Swee-`tit-ill-late
Sentence: The new "candy bar" at the movie theater was designed to massively sweetitillate its customers.
Etymology: From the greek "tit", literally "a nodule of flesh capped with an especially sweet raisin".
Sugarphob
Created by: svasiljeva
Pronunciation:
Sentence: They sugarphob everyday and have great troubles wuth their stomachs.
Etymology: phobia characterized by eating sugared substances
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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