Voted For: Dietchotomy

Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: Arti-cho-ker

Sentence: Lucinda fumbled around the bottom of her handbag for a matchbox, gasping for a light. Striking the match she lit the end of the celery stick drawing a deep drag from it. The uncontrollable hacking that accompanied being an artichoker must surely have it's benefits?

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Created by: kearstin

Pronunciation: oh-ver-comm-pen-seat-rr

Sentence: I swear, Cindy is such an overcompenseater, she won't eat spinach "because it's green and [she] like, totally supports green things" but she drinks at least 6 midori sours every time we go out!!! What gives?

Etymology: over + compensate + eat

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Created by: emdeejay

Pronunciation: more I banned

Sentence: Denise was becoming paranoid due to her moribanned state - cigarettes and martini's had taken their toll. By way of compensation she had taken to a strictly ascetic dietary regime, and tried to remind herself of her fathers last words of advice: The more I banned, the more I ...

Etymology: From moribund, as in close to death

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I tried to cheapun it up this week, if you catch my drift ... - emdeejay, 2010-02-05: 08:29:00

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Created by: dmartinb

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Created by: LoftyDreamer

Pronunciation: os trich' i fi kate -- accent on 2nd syllable

Sentence: After sending his kid brother to buy him another six-pack and a carton of smokes, Bruno ostrichificated by preparing his evening meal of crispy tofu nuggets with soymilk gravy, broccoli crowns braised in vegetable broth, and filtered water.

Etymology: ostrich (animal which is alleged to hide its head in the sand at the first sign of danger) + ificate (to cause to happen)

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Created by: MadTripper

Pronunciation: vahys-i-tair-ee-uh n

Sentence: Becoming a vicetarian is fairly easy if you don't mind following up a night of vodka shooters with a bed of baby spinach and sprouts.

Etymology: vice vegetarian

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Wow, what a phenomenal first word. Welcome. Say hi to Craig. - fourgirls, 2007-10-10: 12:42:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dīetkätəmē

Sentence: Though Jim decided to ”clean up” what he was eating he found it impossible to give up cigarettes. It created quite a dietchotomy in his life.

Etymology: diet (a special course of food to which one restricts oneself) + dichotomy (a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: lush/trish-uh/ist

Sentence: Amy converted to a very strict high protein and vegetable diet to counter attack her litre a day tequila lunches.

Etymology: lush + nutritionist

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Created by: DrWebsterIII

Pronunciation: gin bun ee

Sentence: Patty was an obsessive ginbunny, who stomached natural wheatgrass juice, power cleanses, and the sauna, all so she could enjoy her ciggies and martinis !

Etymology: from "GYMBUNNY" the moder day person who is a compulsive gym goer plus adding Gin to the mix

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kom pote say shun

Sentence: Tara believed that if she ate fruit every time she had a drink, she would find compotsation for her vice. Her theory was that if you drank wine, which was made from fruit, you had to eat fruit to make up for the fruit lost during the fermentation process. Following her logic, one would eat potatoes if drinking vodka; sugar cane if drinking rum; roast corn if drinking bourbon and rice if drinking saki. If she had lived during Prohibition, she would have starved!

Etymology: Compote (dessert of stewed or baked fruit) & Compensation (a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors)

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