Verboticism: Gloomestible

'I ate ten bowls of cereal before I was satisfied.'

DEFINITION: To eat your favorite food, not because you are hungry, but because you are feeling sad or lonely.

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Loneafeed

Created by: dclaxton

Pronunciation:

Sentence: My boyfriend and I broke up, so I ate loneafeed for three days.

Etymology:

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Doldrumstick

Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: dohl-druhm-stik

Sentence: He was a doldrumsticker for months after his girlfriend left him.

Etymology: doldrum - (sad, listless) stick - (from drumstick as in chicken leg)

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COMMENTS:

I think I would opt for the ice cream versions of drumsticks - nice word - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-05: 12:26:00

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Munchsturbate

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: munch-stur-bate

Sentence: In order to keep his mind and body busy after the break-up, Bob would munchsturbate on high-fiber cereal - spending his time equally with the cereal bowl and toilet bowl.

Etymology: munch, masturbate

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COMMENTS:

Chheeriohmygods no doubt - galwaywegian, 2007-09-05: 07:45:00

more likely Cream of Wheat - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-05: 09:47:00

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Indeprest

Created by: angus

Pronunciation: in-dee-PREST

Sentence: I was home alone with nothing to do on a Friday night so I indeprested an entire bag of doritos.

Etymology: ingest + depress

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Woebegorge

Created by: cmcesq

Pronunciation: Wo-bee-gorj

Sentence: Ever since we broke-up, all I do is sit around in my pajamas and woebegorge.

Etymology: Woebegone + gorge

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Comfortreat

Created by: elron

Pronunciation: cum-for-treet

Sentence: After I lost my job, my house burned down, my dog got hit by a truck, and my whole family was killed in a horrible industrial accident, I grabbed my Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey to comfortreat.

Etymology: comfort + treat

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Mealancholy

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: meel-en-coll-ee

Sentence: he walked into his lonely flat and headed straight to the fridge for some mealancholy

Etymology: meal, melancholy

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COMMENTS:

excellent :) - Lurky2000, 2007-09-05: 05:36:00

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Missticate

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: miss + tih + cate

Sentence: I'm so lonely for my girlfriend that I've ended up missticating just about everything in the house.

Etymology: miss + masticate

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Suisideofbeefal

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: sue-i-side-of-BEEF-al

Sentence: Bob couldn't just comfort eat, he went the whole hog -- he was suisideofbeefal.

Etymology: suicidal + side of beef

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Cuisuccor

Pseudonym

Created by: Pseudonym

Pronunciation: kwiz-uck-or

Sentence: "Don't knock prawns and ice cream; you have your cuisuccor, and I have mine."

Etymology: cuisine + succor

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COMMENTS:

Great word but might be too cerebral for a lot of voters. - elron, 2007-09-05: 09:42:00

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