Verboticism: Gluttobite

DEFINITION: v. To pig out at your desk right before a business lunch, so you'll be satisfied with a salad and water at the restaurant, and create the impression that you're not a glutton. n., A secret snack taken to strengthen one's resolve not to eat too much while others are watching.
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Preat
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: preet
Sentence: When Dorothy knew the gang was going out for lunch at work, she would always preat at her desk. Whether a donut or a sandwich, this allowed her the chance to just nibble at a house salad and water. Her boss thought she ate like a bird and loved the fact that she cost him very little at these bashes. He just could never figure out why she was not skinnier...
Etymology: pre (before;in advance of) & Eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
Gobbledyguile
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: GOBUHL-dee-GAHYL
Sentence: Bob, an arcanivore, whose hogma was: " lets binge from breakfast, for at office lunches we diet" carefully, with gobbledyguile, cramoflaged all morning long on Krispy Kreamy donuts.
Etymology: Blend of GOBBLE: to devour in greedy gulps; to take greedily; GOBBLEDY (of Gobbledy-gook):deliberate incomprensible language of those wishing to hid the truth & GUILE: to disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. CRAMOFLAGE: blend of cram & camouflage, 2. HOGMA (hog & dogma) 3.ARCANIVORE: (arcane & -vore, as in omnivore)
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COMMENTS:
perfect for this time of year - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-12: 09:09:00
I didn't think KrispyKremes ranged so far and wide. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-14: 02:42:00
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Preglut
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Pree - glut
Sentence: To avoid seeming to be a heavy eater Lucinda always brought an ample supply of snack foods so she could preglut just before office lunches.
Etymology: Pre (before) + glut (feed to excess)
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COMMENTS:
Chuckling ... preg-lut and pre-glut ... a pregnant preglut ... springs to mind! Fun word! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-15: 09:53:00
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Pregorge
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pree gorj
Sentence: Judith had just ten minutes to finish her pregorge, before joining her workmates for sales meeting at IHOP.
Etymology: previous & gorge
Gluttobite
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: Glutt-o-bye-tt
Sentence: She thinks she can hide her food away from us so we wont see her stuff her face before lunch, she's such a gluttobite.
Etymology: Gluttony as in greedy and Bite as in a little nibble, snack, quick meal etc..
Cryptogobbler
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: krip-toh-gob-ler
Sentence:
Etymology: From 'crypto-' - a prefix to mean 'secret' or 'hidden', and 'gobble' - to eat something quickly and greedily.
Treacheat
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: treach-cheat - verb treach-cheat-ing - noun
Sentence: Crammity Jane hid often so she could treacheat without being seen.
Etymology: treach from treachery ... cheat for not wanting others to see her eating ... eat for eating. Add an 'ing' to make it a noun.
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COMMENTS:
Cryptojane with cramability! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-15: 16:45:00
a nice furtive word. I'm saying it quickly and it sounds even sneakier! - bananabender, 2008-01-15: 22:43:00
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Chowcanery
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: chow/can/er/y
Sentence: Jenny was a master at chowcanery to avoid eating in front of her co-workers.
Etymology: CHOWCANERY - noun - from CHOW (food) + CHICANERY (evasion, or deception used to trick, or deceive someone)
Cramwich
Created by: bananabender
Pronunciation: KRAM - wich
Sentence: Marla would eat a cramwich or two at her desk so often that her keyboard keys started to stick together with cramdrops.
Etymology: cram - to stuff in + sandwich - two slices of bread filled with meat, salads, condiments, etc.
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COMMENTS:
Which witches of the watercress sandwich lunch practiced cramwiching first? Funnypunny word! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-15: 10:06:00
cramdrops keep falling on my head.... - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-15: 10:38:00
I guess that's how Marla keeps crammaging her keyboard... (those who sometimes eat at your computer — ever turn it over and shake all the cramdrops out? ) - Tigger, 2008-01-15: 22:40:00
Nah, nothing came out. Looks like I'm gonna have to use the cramdropsickle again! - bananabender, 2008-01-16: 00:23:00
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