Verboticism: Foodgganut

'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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Abbamobgob

Created by: RachelPhillipson2007

Pronunciation: Ab-Har-Mob-Gob

Sentence: When my cat died, I had a serious case of Abbamobgob!

Etymology: Abba [illness or unhappiness] + mob [anger and frustration] + gob [constant stupid hunger] = Abbamobgob !

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Emotiomunch

sparkles510

Created by: sparkles510

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Sentence: My poor brother did nothing but emotiomunch after his rejection.

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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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Munchfortable

Created by: doctathunder

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Emonourishment

thebudman

Created by: thebudman

Pronunciation: ee-mO-nur-ish-ment

Sentence: Even though I just ate, I couldn't help but engage in some good ol' emonourishment when I got home after my best friend told me he would be moving to Alaska.

Etymology: Emotional + Nourishment

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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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Pitygorge

shiftysquid

Created by: shiftysquid

Pronunciation: Pi-tee-gorj

Sentence: When those bastards fired me, I just went into pitygorge mode with that jug of ice cream.

Etymology: Pity + gorge

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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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Foodgganut

Created by: Poeiden

Pronunciation: food-ger-not

Sentence: He was foodgganutic, eating his favourite breakfast bars when dumped by his girlfriend after a midnight movie.

Etymology: FOOD + juGGernauts + Nuts

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