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DEFINITION: To enjoy, or derive physical pleasure from, the eating of sweets and other sugared substances -- often leads to over-consumption.
Verboticisms
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Sacchasavour
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: sak-ah-save-r
Sentence: Whenever he was in a sacchsavouring mood, he asked his friends to perform a ritual for him. They would place several doughnuts sticky side down, all over his face. He'd lay there for a while hoping the sugar would absorb into his skin before he devoured them one by one.
Etymology: saccharine + savour
Sucralove
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: s-oo-k-r-uh-l-uh-v
Sentence: Angelia felt a wave of sucralove hit her as she took a bite of the sugar coated doughnut.
Etymology: sucralose+love
Eroteccles
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: air/otic/lays
Sentence: After his trip to the UK he was besotted with eroteccles
Etymology: erotic + eccles buns
Gourmandelection
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: gor man del ekshun
Sentence: I’ve guarded these grounds with my life, these ladles my cross to bear. I’ve been long ignored as the source wonderful gourmandelection, but soon they will understand what it means to be King Cook Sullivan. Other city-states will cower in fear beneath my chocolate mango flan! My wrath in form of buffalo, hot as death!
Etymology: gourmand + delection (plus it sounds naughty)
Euphattia
Created by: loofarama
Pronunciation: you-fattia
Sentence: Jim is becoming more and more euphattic
Etymology: euphoria + fat
Aphrobesiac
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Af-row-bee-see-ac
Sentence: "This pickle, tomato, and peanut butter sandwich proved to be a surprising Aphrobesiac," said Jerry. "But subway was there to rescue me!"
Etymology: Aphrodisiac (a food that gives one pleasure) + obese (overweight)
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COMMENTS:
very clever Ziggy - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-10: 14:30:00
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Gluttocose
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Gloo-tuh-cohs
Sentence: After the 27th sopapilla with honey and cinnamon sugar, I began to feel uncomfortably gluttocose.
Etymology: Gluttony+glucose+comatose
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COMMENTS:
good one - sorry I missed it the first time round - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-10: 15:47:00
I nearly went for glucottony on a similar basis. - petaj, 2007-07-11: 03:06:00
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Comments:
mplsbohemian - 2007-07-10: 10:29:00
I had thought of this one and passed. Great minds think alike. :)