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'This cupcake is evil! I must destroy it, before it destroys me.'

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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Asweetic

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: a-swee-tic

Sentence: Marilyn was an asweetic, especially during Lent. She practiced self-denial to a fault when it came to desserts, however, she did have a weakness for pork rinds.

Etymology: ascetic: to practice self-denial and austerity, especially for spiritual self-improvement + sweet: another word for dessert

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COMMENTS:

easy to say but difficult to do! - mweinmann, 2009-08-17: 15:47:00

hyperborean Good word. Got my vote. - hyperborean, 2013-09-25: 22:46:00

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Dietaholic

ubgrud

Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: dye-et-a-hol-ic

Sentence: You know that new "only white food" diet she's on? Last week she spraypainted chocolate cake white. I wonder if she is a dietaholic.

Etymology: Diet + aholic

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Anomania

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: ann-oh-may-nee-uh

Sentence: Clarence's anomania caused him to constantly ask the waitstaff at restaurants precisely how many calories were in each dish.

Etymology: anorexia + mania

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Consumania

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: con-syoo-main-eeya

Sentence: "Rachel gobbled it all up. She inhaled it. It was total consumania."

Etymology: consume + mania

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Exacticate

Created by: PolishedAmethyst

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I feel sorry for her, she cannot sit down and have a normal meal because she exacticates the whole time she's at the table.

Etymology: Exact(ing) and masticate

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hyperborean Great word. Got my vote. - hyperborean, 2013-09-25: 22:54:00

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Carbobsess

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: CARB-uhb-ses

Sentence: Heather, it's only one one Pringle! Don't be carbobsessive.

Etymology: carbo(hydrate) + obsess

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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)

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Belliphobic

Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: bel-lee-foh-bik

Sentence: Richard was so belliphobic that he couldn't even look at a dessert plate without loosing his cookies.

Etymology: belly + phobia = fear of bellies

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COMMENTS:

Bellissimo - Nosila, 2009-08-18: 01:07:00

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Deniet

Created by: felix42

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Unfatuation

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: unføtʃəweɪʃən

Sentence: When it comes to dieting Harold has an unfatuation. He spends so much time trimming fat from his meat he barely has time to eat.

Etymology: un (not) + fat (a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies) + infatuation (be inspired with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for)

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