Verboticism: Scrapture

'I ate it for the starving kids.'

DEFINITION: v., To finish your plate and eat all the food in front of you, even when not hungry. n., Compulsive over-consumption of food in order to relieve guilt.

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Scrapture

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: skrap-chur

Sentence: He knew he should have stopped after consuming the entire chicken breast, but seeing the crispy skin lying tantalizingly before him, he got caught up in the scrapture.

Etymology: scrap, rapture

Points: 479

Comments: Scrapture

Scrumpy - 2007-10-12: 10:00:00
Holy Scrapture Batman!

skunkchunk - 2007-10-13: 17:13:00
Awesom

skunkchunk - 2007-10-13: 17:13:00
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OZZIEBOB - 2007-10-14: 18:59:00
Great word