DEFINITION: v. intr., To compensate for emotional rejection by trying to change one's appearance through aggressive dieting, exercise and/or plastic surgery -- common among aging divorcees.

Flabrogration

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Pronunciation: flab-ro-gay-shun

Sentence: After divorcing her husband of six years, Emily went through a period of flabrogration; joining a gym and working out twice a day five days a week.

Etymology: flab (fat) + abrogation (negation)

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