Verboticism: Glucoverdose
DEFINITION: v. To enjoy, or derive physical pleasure from, the eating of sweets and other sugared substances -- often leads to over-consumption. n. Pleasure derived from the consumption of sweets.
Glucoverdose
Created by: DoctorManhattan
Pronunciation: 'glü-'kO-v&r-"dOs
Sentence: "If you eat all those deep-fried Twinkies, you're going to glucoverdose."
Etymology: From Greek "gleukos" meaning "sweet wine" + from Old English "over" + from Greek and Latin "dosis" meaning "gift".
Points: 362
Comments: Glucoverdose
wordmeister - 2006-12-15: 17:25:00
Deep fried twinkies? That sounds good!
DoctorManhattan - 2006-12-17: 14:35:00
I know. There was this restaurant in L.A. that would sell them, but every time we went there they were closed for one reason or another (family emergencies (heart attacks?), etc.) and then they finally closed permanently, so I never got a chance to try o
DoctorManhattan - 2006-12-17: 14:36:00
ne. By all reports, they were exquisite, though. Guess I'll have to try it myself one of these days.