Verboticisms

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: com-fort-eet-ing

Sentence: It was a vicious circle, he comfortate to fell better, but that made him fat, so he comfortate to feel better...

Etymology: I think I got this one from "Paul McKenna will make you thin!"

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COMMENTS:

Comfort eating is what we would call this verboticism anyway. It's like that other one where there was already a phrase in use (Freudian slip). - Discoveria, 2007-03-12: 11:53:00

Can't you be more original then that? Lame - tonya87, 2007-03-12: 15:03:00

tonya87, that wasn't very encouraging...I didn't mean to start anything. - Discoveria, 2007-03-12: 19:19:00

Well, I must say I used that one precisely because there already existed a definition. I think it should be evaluated next to new ones. - allwise, 2007-03-13: 04:50:00

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: com for munch

Sentence: Terry had a bad case of conformunch. He'd eaten 7 boxes of biscuits since breakfast just to calm his nerves after being dumped.

Etymology: from comfort and munching.

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Created by: victy

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: emo-emotional....foo-food....vings-cravings

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: boor-mey

Sentence: Alan doesn't handle the mundane or monotonous well. When he is bored he eats and eats well. No bag of chips for him. When life seems tedious, it's caviar or truffles to make him feel better. Alan's friends refer to him as a boremet.

Etymology: bore (to weary by dullness, tedious repetition) + gourmet (connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure)

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: smOr-giz-bOrd

Sentence: Selina sat in front of the food she just pulled from the fridge. She is smorgasbored and content to eat her blues away after being dumped by her boyfriend of nine years.

Etymology: smorgasbord, as in buffet/ bored, as in discontent or depressed

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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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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sad stayn

Sentence: When Eric's girlfriend dumped him he ate bowls of cereal to sadstain him. He would become Cap'n Crunch, count his Lucky Charms and begin to feel more Special, K. This was how he got his Kix and said his Cheerios to old flames.

Etymology: Sad (unhappy, sorrowful) & Sustain (to provide nourishment)

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: chump-chomp

Sentence: Charlie chumpchomped several helpings of chips after Charlotte dumped him for his best friend Churchill.

Etymology: Chump + chomp. Chump: loser. Chomp: eat; suggests excessive chewing/biting action.

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Created by: chercherlalun

Pronunciation: calorie-crutch

Sentence: to get me through a tough spell I used Ben and Jerry's ice cream as a caloriecrutch

Etymology: from the latin word calorie meaning to stuff one's face.

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Created by: Ahmad

Pronunciation: emak-epi

Sentence: He emockapies himself with chines , whenever he is feeling sad.

Etymology: em from emotional , ock from shock, and apy from therapy.

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