Verboticism: Carbocutter

'I can't eat any more.'

DEFINITION: To leave food on your plate, not for the starving children in the world, but so you don't get fat.

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Carbocutter

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: car/bo/cut/er

Sentence: The "carbocutter" had to admit that after losing 200 lbs. in just four weeks, the postman rang three times, the paramedic twice, and the putz from next door, only once.

Etymology: "carbohydrates": synonymous with jumbo seats in airplanes, plus-size pyjamas, and strapless sneakers + "Cutter": associated with the swift separation of something that may result in an untimely end.

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