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DEFINITION: v. To follow a diet with such rigor and fervor that it consumes all your energy, and throws everything, even your desserts, out of proportion. n. A person who thinks too much about what they eat.
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Grubsess
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /gr&b-'ses/
Sentence: Antonio's grubsession with his low-carb diet lead him to try to pick the bits of breadcrumb out of his mother's meatloaf.
Etymology: From grub + obsess
Foodessive
Created by: lebeast
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Cupcake : "this is one foodessive broad".
Etymology: food+obsessed
Ultrarexia
Created by: DIKIDI
Pronunciation: UL-TRA-REX-E-A
Sentence: ULTRAREXIA HAS REDUCED HER TO A MERE SHADOW OF HERSELF.
Etymology:
Exaltarvate
Created by: kankamuso
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Every January Jane makes the resolution of dieting. She usually just exaltarvate till February 1st.
Etymology: Exalt + Starvation
Dietllucinate
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: die-it-loose-in-ate
Sentence: When she would dietllucinate she'd feel that sweets were out to kill her.
Etymology: Diet + Hallucinate
Rumenate
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: RUE-men-ayt
Sentence: Though his stomach grumbled about it, Jim rumenated over even the smallest crumb.
Etymology: rumen (the "fermentation vat par excellence" of the digestive tract) + ruminate (to fixate on, think about)
Unhappetite
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: un-happy-tight
Sentence: Jenny decided that her unhappetite was almost too much to bear, but managed to resist the fresh cream slice sitting in the fridge.
Etymology: unhappy + (appe)tite
Dietizingment
Created by: spickaspanner
Pronunciation: die-et-i-zing-munt
Sentence:
Etymology:
Tunneldiet
Created by: Manhattan
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: Tunnelvision and diet.
