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DEFINITION: v., To not feel guilty about all the weight you're putting on, because you need all the extra calories you can get, to survive the harsh winter climate. n., A type of fat gained by mammals in preparation for winter hibernation.
Verboticisms
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Gorgulate
Created by: jkernen1
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Sally felt the need to gorgulate at thanksgiving in preparation for the cold winter.
Etymology: gorge + insulate
Snowpholstery
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sno fols ter ee
Sentence: Anna always ate a lot more as winter grew near. She knew she'd need some snowpholstery to get through the long winter and keep warm.
Etymology: Snow (winter's precipitation) & Upholstery (padding; extra comfort)
Smorgashoard
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When the first snow fell, she enjoyed her biggest smorgashoard of the season.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Terrific!! - libertybelle, 2007-11-21: 09:41:00
Great word! She seems to have a liking for Viking! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-21: 17:29:00
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Snowbese
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: snow - bese
Sentence: Too many beavertails during his winter trip to Ottawa, left Pierre feeling snowbese. A few days of skiing in the Gatineaus would sort him out.
Etymology: snow + obese
Hibery
Created by: PD4402
Pronunciation: Hibery (pronounced like the word fibery) hi-ber-ee
Sentence: The hibery I feel is wonderful because I will not freeze over the winter.
Etymology: Too Simple to explain without making the meaning complicated.
Permalard
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: per-ma-lard
Sentence: Jeff piled on those potatoes, knowing a layer of permalard was required for the long arctic winter.
Etymology:
Carbaltonnelsyndrome
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: car/bal/tun/nel/sin/drome
Sentence: In the cold Canadian winter many people develop carbaltonnelsyndrome. This malady is aggrevated by the repetetive wrist action necessary to shovel food into the mouth in an attempt to add an extra layer of fat for the cold winter months. In some cases, a brace may be advised.
Etymology: carb (starch, glucose etc.) + tonne (metric ton) + carpal tunnel syndrome
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COMMENTS:
Hilarious! Makes me wanna go to that Cheese Shop! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-20: 09:52:00
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Pudgecicles
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: puj'-sik-ulz
Sentence: Although Congolia had been trying to lose those pesky 15 pounds all summer, she told herself that with winter approaching, she really needed those pudgecicles if she hoped to ski without being miserable.
Etymology: pudgy (fat, obese) + icicles (hanging ice)
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COMMENTS:
HILARIOUS! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-23: 17:07:00
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Gluttoneed
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /glʌtən̩i:d/
Sentence: I'm not that fat! I gluttoneed this food, I'm not making it up, the winter's coming... oh, what's the worth, you know nothing...
Etymology: GLUTTONEED. From Gluttony (Excess in eating or drinking) + Need (A condition or situation in which something is required or wanted)
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COMMENTS:
Gluttoneed, muttonfeed,dinguseed,let'em breed. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-20: 09:54:00
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Lardka
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: lard-ka
Sentence: She always gives herself flabsolution to overeat this time of year to put on her winter lardka. She never seems to worry about the June thongsequences of her indulgence.
Etymology: lard, parka
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COMMENTS:
Funny! - remistram, 2007-11-21: 09:44:00
it's time to get the old Thanksgiving Day pants out with the adjustable waist - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-21: 15:03:00
Funny, clever & interesting! It is said" 'Clothes don't make the woman, but they often show how she is made!" - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-21: 16:53:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
galwaywegian - 2008-10-20: 09:35:00
good standard today:)
Nuwanda - 2008-10-20: 22:51:00
Does anyone else get an error message when trying to vote sometimes? I think it keeps counting the votes I am trying to cast even though it comes up with a long string of unintelligible text.
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James