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DEFINITION: v. To eat your favorite food, not because you are hungry, but because you are feeling sad or lonely. n. Food which is eaten to satisfy emotional cravings.

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Emotate

Created by: TerikaBrown

Pronunciation: e-mo-tate'

Sentence: I emotated chocolate when my boss called me incompetent at work.

Etymology: emo - sad and lonely music ate - past tense of eat

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Moodtrients

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: mood tree ents

Sentence: Tony consumes moodtrients when dealing with emotional issues. His favourite moodtrition was found in bowls and bowls of cereal. Each mood was reflected in the cereal choice: Lucky Charms when he lost at poker; Cheerios when he was dumping someone;Froot Loops when he felt a little crazy;Alpha-Bits when he felt like spelling;Chex when his bounced;Quaker Oats when he felt like sowing his and Trix when he felt the need to visit the local ladies of the evening.

Etymology: Mood (a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling;the prevailing psychological state) & Nutrients (any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy & build tissue;of or providing nourishment; food)

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COMMENTS:

Funny! - splendiction, 2009-09-29: 23:06:00

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Cheereal

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: chear - ee - ul

Sentence: Whenever Douglas felt sad or lonely, he poured a bowl of cheereal and he always felt better. He did not really know whether he actually liked the stuff but it gave him the warm fuzzies.

Etymology: Cheer, Cereal

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COMMENTS:

I'll never look at Cheerios the same way again. No wonder we give it to 2 year olds. - mrskellyscl, 2009-09-29: 08:44:00

:) - galwaywegian, 2009-09-29: 10:01:00

Cheeryoh! - splendiction, 2009-09-29: 23:05:00

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Securrytea

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: se/cur/ee/tee

Sentence: When Dan was upset he longed for a big mug of securrytea. The hot spicy liquid brought tears to his eyes and helped him through his crisis.

Etymology: security + curry + tea

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Emotionoodles

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: imōshənoōdlz

Sentence: Lance uses food to compensate for failed relationships. His current comfort food? Oodles of Emotionoodles. This has proved to be better for the budget than his prior therapy food, sadfron rice.

Etymology: emotional (arousing or characterized by intense feeling) + noodles (a strip, ring, or tube of pasta or a similar dough, typically made with egg and usually eaten with a sauce or in a soup)

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Eatmotional

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: eet-moe-shun-al

Sentence: Something about the Grammys makes me very eatmotional. Why else would I sit there sobbing and polish off a whole bag of Oreos.

Etymology: Eat + Emotional

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Breakdread

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: brake-dred

Sentence: After his wife left him, his daughter ran off with the Hell's Angels, and his dog bit off his left thumb, Mark felt helpless and began to breakdread with a fervor. His drug of choice - consolation fries.

Etymology: break bread (to eat), dread

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