Verboticism: Noshematics
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".
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Healthfatty
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: Health/fatty [say what you see]
Sentence: Darwin was the ultimate healthfatty, he had tried the fadkins, he had tried joining weightworshippers and he had even tried the latest celeb diet craze of masdietication, chewing each mouthful 87.2 times before spitting it out. When he told his friends he was trying the grow your own gruyere diet they decided it was time for another intervention...
Etymology: Suggestion of health plus faddy/fully/fatty with overtonnes of the eat fat to lose fat movement...
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COMMENTS:
Maybe it's because I'm not a Londoner, but I like to pronounce this like a Londoner jew know? Helfatty, init! - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-13: 12:39:00
are your jockeychews too tight scrabby? If anything i'd thought it could rhyme with chapati mmm there probably is a gluten free healthfatty chapati... - pungineer, 2008-08-13: 12:45:00
Jockeychews too tight:) Funny punny. - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-13: 13:26:00
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Snibbler
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: sni/bler
Sentence: In an attempt to lose 15 pounds in one week, the week before her wedding of course, Jan joined her sister's online weight loss support group and was now an official snibbler. Snibblers believe that as long as you snack and nibble from the plates of those around you and NEVER make a plate for yourself, the embarrassment alone will be a great motivator, as well as the many times your hand will be slapped away.
Etymology: Snack Nibble
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COMMENTS:
How can I join? - readerwriter, 2008-08-13: 18:01:00
It's like when you eat alone in the dark...no one sees so it does not count! - Nosila, 2008-08-14: 00:34:00
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Idiobalimiritualing
Created by: grasshopper
Pronunciation: id/i/o/bal/im/ir/itual/ling
Sentence: Dr's have informed me that my idiobalimiritualing ways will not only cause me to gain weight but to lose out on many necessary vitamins.
Etymology: idio/idiosyncratic, balimi/balamia, ritual/ritual, ing/action = = idiobalimiritualing
Insuffergest
Created by: weyrlady
Pronunciation: in-suffer-gest
Sentence: I hate having to insuffergest.
Etymology: insufficient + insufferable + suffer +ingest
Richewalesstic
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: rich/chew/a/less/tic
Sentence: The richewalesstic method involves a tic like motion which causes one to chew less and therefore absorb fewer calories.
Etymology: rich + chew + less + tic + ritualistic
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COMMENTS:
Sucking the marrow there owly. Bon apetit! - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-14: 11:00:00
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Alphabedining
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: alfa be dyn ing
Sentence: Being a slave to fad dieting, Trixie had found a new regime to try. It was called alphabedining and basically you could order whatever you wanted as long as you ate fruits and vegetables in the alphabetical order of their names. So she would eat the apples, apricots or avocados first. Then the bananas, beans, beets next. By LMNO, she was usually full. At this rate, Trixie would never get to eat yams or zucchini again.
Etymology: Alphabet (a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language) & Dining (eating,consuming food)
Vegebation
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: veg/uh/bey/shun
Sentence: Vegebation is the peculiar ritual Tiffany practises. She only drinks her food. She juicers all her vegetables and tofu together and drinks her meals to prevent wear and tear on her teeth and reduce facial aging lines from chewing. Vegebation is also part of the 'X-Man' cultasy which proclaims that this activity will reduce the side effects of youthanesia.
Etymology: vegetarian + libation; vegebation -n. An idiosyncratic method of eating, usually adopted for "health reasons".
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COMMENTS:
She must have been constantly in a vegebative state - how corny is that? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 10:43:00
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Fadieting
Created by: wallac44
Pronunciation: fuh-dieting
Sentence: My mother's weight keeps yo-yoing because of all of the fadieting she does.
Etymology: Fad and diet.
Eggcentric
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: egsentrik
Sentence: Walt has tried every diet he can find in an effort control his weight. He\'s tried the grapefruit diet, the caveman diet and the raw food diet. His latest is the eggcentric diet. It is touted as a **rebirth** experience. Any food or drink is allowed as long as it involves eggs. Steak & eggs; fine. Eggnog; sure. Coffee; not so good.
Etymology: egg (an oval or round object laid by a female bird, reptile, fish, or invertebrate, usually containing a developing embryo) + eccentric (unconventional and slightly strange person or their behavior)
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COMMENTS:
eggselent word - galwaywegian, 2010-01-14: 07:48:00
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Noshematics
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: nosh em at ix
Sentence: It was a miracle Janice was even alive; a string of sustenance superstition superceded sanity as she strained strombole through silk. for every meal, three square. her noshematics were often of much interest to the others aboard the station, but they were nothing compared to Marko's troughorensics.
Etymology: nosh + schematics
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COMMENTS:
simply startling she survived - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 11:14:00
some say she should'a seen some scythe surprise... - jadenguy, 2007-06-20: 12:46:00
strained stromboli sounds somewhat soupy - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-20: 14:44:00
supposedly so. - jadenguy, 2007-06-20: 15:07:00
I've heard of others with a scientific approach. Bobby liked to have his portions weighed to the microgram and examined under an electron microscope on the plate to look for faults. He was into platetechtronics. - petaj, 2007-06-20: 23:02:00
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