Verboticism: Surreprandial
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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Clandesdine
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: klan-des-dahyn
Sentence: When Jill heard that the boss was going to surprise the staff by sending out for pizza. She really didn't like pizza too much so she knew she would have to clandesdine at her desk if she was going to get a decent meal. The box of donuts stashed in her bottom drawer was surrepdelicious.
Etymology: clandestine (done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment) + dine (to take any meal)
Clandeskdine
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: klan-dehsk-dyne
Sentence: Knowing that her lunch meeting would be with that handsome sales rep and that she would only order a small garden salad and a water to impress him, Natasha hid in her cubicle and began her clandeskdine eating operation at 9 am with a large box of cinnamon rolls.
Etymology: clandestine - held in secrecy + desk + dine
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - Mustang, 2008-11-12: 18:24:00
Like it! - Nosila, 2008-11-12: 21:55:00
Me, too - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-13: 02:38:00
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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..
Plurge
Created by: courty3303
Pronunciation: Plh-urge
Sentence: I need to plurge before tonights business dinner.
Etymology:
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
Sneakpigout
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sneek pig owt
Sentence: What a Boar! Peggy was doing her usual sneakpigout at her desk before the big lunch out with the bosses. Apparently it was in honor of the new guy (hunk), Les Piggott. Just as she was cramming a big chunk of pizza into her cake-hole, the honoree stopped by her pen. He told her she was sow lovely and looked swill. He offered to give her a ride on his hog. She herd the haunting music of Swine Lake and then before she knew it they were porking each other in her sty and missed the lunch completely. She became Miss Piggy and he was the Loin King. Afterwards, news of their cloven encounter was bacon the rounds at work.
Etymology: Sneak (clandestine;secret;put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner) & Pig Out (overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself) Play on Sneak Peak.
Prehamble
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: pree/ham/bul
Sentence: As a prehamble to her weightwatchers reunion she would pig out on meaty ham sandwiches so she could nibble contentedly on lettuce all evening.
Etymology: preamble + ham
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COMMENTS:
Great job of hamming it up! Made me smile! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-15: 09:57:00
Cryptopig! Love your word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-15: 16:37:00
You've brought home the bacon this time! - bananabender, 2008-01-16: 01:15:00
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Cramoflage
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: KRAM-uh-flahzh
Sentence: Bob, an arcanivore, whose hogma was: " lets binge from breakfast, for at office lunch we diet", carefully cramoflaged all morning long on Krispy Kreamy donuts.
Etymology: CRAMOFLAGE: blend of cram & camouflage, 2. HOGMA (hog & dogma) 3.ARCANIVORE: (arcane & -vore, as in omnivore)
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COMMENTS:
deelicious! - galwaywegian, 2008-01-15: 07:38:00
Amazing! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-15: 09:37:00
another very funny sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-15: 10:31:00
did somebody say donuts??? I can feel a cramcrave coming on... Another great word and sentence! - bananabender, 2008-01-15: 22:00:00
Mmmm... donuts! —Homer J. Simpson - Tigger, 2008-01-15: 22:47:00
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Prelunch
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: prēlənch
Sentence: As she prepared for the prelaunch celebration of her company*s newest health food offering Joan snuck out for a prelunch. A deep-fried, lard-laden cow-chow meal is completely at odds with her company*s mission statement but she had to get through the presentation of their new granola snack without shoving her face in the bowl. She felt a little better when she busted her boss in the checkout line of the local **greasy spoon** holding a match to her selection.
Etymology: prelaunch (concerning activities or conditions before the launch of a spacecraft, campaign, product, etc.) + lunch (a meal eaten in the middle of the day, typically one that is lighter or less formal than an evening meal) lunch
Prepbinge
Created by: Seiya
Pronunciation: Prep-binj
Sentence:
Etymology: From 'preparation' and 'binge-eating.'
