Verboticism: Constipulsion
DEFINITION: v. tr. To eat in a peculiar or ritualistic manner in an effort to lose weight while consuming more. n. An idiosyncratic method of eating, usually adopted for "health reasons".
Constipulsion
Created by: rephil
Pronunciation: kahn-stih-PUL-zhun
Sentence: Ada's numerous constipulsions meant that the waiter's order read like a manual for diffusing a bomb -- which, in fact, it was.
Etymology: compulsion -- an irrational need to do something; consume -- to use, eat; constipation -- a condition where the digestion is stuck in a particular state. Verb: (irr.) Constipuleat
Points: 614
Comments: Constipulsion
rephil - 2007-06-20: 10:00:00
Too bad you can't enter both the noun and verb forms of the definition!
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-20: 10:12:00
I like the sound of both of them!