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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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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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Gorgegasm
Created by: jesster
Pronunciation: Gorj - gasm
Sentence: She took a bite of the coconut cream pie. Her eyes closed, and the rapt expression that crossed her face made it clear that she was in the throes of an intense gorgegasm.
Etymology: Gorge (to grossly overeat) + orgasm (need I define that one?)
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COMMENTS:
Great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-10: 14:33:00
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Honeysuccoule
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: honey-suckle
Sentence: Martine was acid-tongued until she got her daily honeysuccoule by consuming maple-syrup dipped lollipops.
Etymology: honeysuckle + succour + all day sucker
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
Saccharisfaction
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: sak-kuh-rihs-FAK-shuhn
Sentence: When he saw the "closed" sign on the candy shop, Alex sighed, "I can't get no saccharisfaction."
Etymology: saccharine + satisfaction
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COMMENTS:
that's quite a jaggernaut - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-10: 11:37:00
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Fodaphilia
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: fod-a-FILL-ee-a
Sentence: Jake snarfed down the seven-pound honeyroasted ham; his severe fodaphilia gave him happiness just looking at it.
Etymology: Foda (old english basis for "food") and -philia
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
Sucrohhhhs
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sue crows
Sentence: they sound of their socrohhhhs embarassed all the early morning diners, who averted their eyes from the moaning couple licking their doughnuts more copiously than the entire cast of "The Swan"
Etymology: sucrose, ohhhh as in OOOhhhhh
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COMMENTS:
mmmmmarvelous. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-10: 07:30:00
ooh - sounds wholly satisfying - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-10: 09:08:00
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Comments:
mplsbohemian - 2007-07-10: 10:29:00
I had thought of this one and passed. Great minds think alike. :)