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'I just ate ten bowls of cereal'

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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Eatherapy

Created by: Count

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Fodderfigure

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: fod dur fig err

Sentence: at times of stress he turned to a fodderfigure, before turning into a blimp.

Etymology: father figure, fodder

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Panosh

swallowedbyafish

Created by: swallowedbyafish

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Sentence: I felt much better after panoshing on some bagels and lox.

Etymology: panache + nosh

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Comfeat

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: cum-feet

Sentence: After Rachel dumped him Doug indulged in comfeating.

Etymology: contraction of "comfort" and "eat'

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Fareapy

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: fare-a-py

Sentence: Food endorphins have been recognized by many in the medical community as a legitimate form of fareapy. Sugar, salt and fat, either alone or in combination can help with stress relief. Those fareapy foods that have shown the greatest success treating the following conditions are: 1)RBSO (rejection by significant other) - Captain Crunch or another cereal with no nutritional value except sugar, 2)Employment Fatigue - chips or pretzels with french onion dip and/or nachos with cheese and salsa, 3)EBAS (empty bank account syndrome) - whatever your mother is cooking, 4)TTOTM (that time of the month) - any Ben and Jerrys ice cream and/or chocolate, 5)Road Rage - Twizzlers or another chewy form of candy, 6)POT Stress (parent of teenagers) just clean out the cupboard and eat whatever you find in the back. Fareapy should continue until the patient has finished calling all her or his friends, or slept for over 24 hours. Other treatment options may include 7)Cartoon Network Stimulus or 8)Musication (playing the same sappy song over and over and over) until the patient has has time to heal.

Etymology: Fare: food + therapy: treatment of an illness or physchological condition

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COMMENTS:

Life's not fare...good word! - Nosila, 2009-09-29: 19:47:00

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Eatmotion

Created by: RainbowView

Pronunciation: it mo' shun

Sentence: Eatmotion occurs where one eats more to shun emotional turmoil, using food to expand the stomach in order to put pressure on the hole in their heart, in hope that it might stop the bleeding.

Etymology: eat + emotion, eat + more + shun, eat + motion

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Therapeat

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: thair-ah-peet

Sentence: after she got home from her nieces wedding, she desperately needed to therapeat

Etymology: therapy, eat

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COMMENTS:

I think that I will start using this word in my dayly usage. - tonya87, 2007-03-12: 15:06:00

i'm on a diet, and i am dying to therapeat ! - mana1066, 2007-03-12: 22:06:00

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Soothey

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: soōðē

Sentence: Marcia wears her heart on her sleeve. This means that all too often she has that heart broken, or at least damaged. Whenever this happens she goes to her coping plan. Though she uses food to comfort herself, she works hard to keep it healthy. To make herself feel better, she will prepare a fruit soothey. She makes a point of using exotic fruits or fruits that are out of season to give herself a sense of importance. It usually just makes her feel broke.

Etymology: soothe (relieve or ease pain) + smoothie (a thick, smooth drink of fresh fruit puréed with milk, yogurt, or ice cream)

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COMMENTS:

Good word! - splendiction, 2009-09-29: 23:03:00

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Ascrm

Created by: DGRosetti

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Snackalack

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: snack-a-lack

Sentence: Ye old lamente of the dumped: Oh fry, oh fry! my plover has left me for another. Needs must turn to snackalack as a balm for my troubled sole. Modern day translation: Bummer - my girlfriend taken off with my best mate. The only thing that will make me feel better is a roast chicken and some fish. Soul food.

Etymology: snack (tasty morsel) + alack (exclamation of sorrow, regret, or dismay)

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Osomatic - 2007-03-12: 13:34:00
Oooh! I was trying to think of something for Prozac, and nothing came to mind. Well done!