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DEFINITION: v. To enjoy, or derive physical pleasure from, the eating of sweets and other sugared substances -- often leads to over-consumption. n. Pleasure derived from the consumption of sweets.
Verboticisms
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Syruptuous
Created by: kmccardle
Pronunciation: Syrup + chew + us
Sentence: That box of candy was so syruptuous I simply couldn't help myself.
Etymology: Syrup(sweet liquid) - ous(suffix, "full of")
Beetnik
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: bee/t/nik
Sentence: Once a week the beetniks met in the local Starbucks and paid homage to the great sugar beet by reciting sweet poetry and adding beet sugar to their double lattes
Etymology: beet (sugar) + beatnik
Candyvore
Created by: kevinrio
Pronunciation: Can-di-vore
Sentence: My daughter is candyvoring a lot lately. So like me!
Etymology: From the adj. candyvore candy + vore (latin)
Suctate
Created by: lordharry
Pronunciation: suck - tate
Sentence: The children sat in early registration collectively yearning for their morning suctation.
Etymology: suc from sucrose
Donucted
Created by: Tukkertje
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He eats so many donuts, he's completely donucted.
Etymology: Donu(t)(addi)cted
Saccharintimacy
Created by: ipmcleod
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Our company had to eliminate Krispy Kreme Fridays after an embarrassing display of saccharintimacy by Mike over in IT.
Etymology:
Qandihog
Created by: pinkglamb
Pronunciation: kan-dee-hog
Sentence: My brother ate every piece of chocolate in the house. He is a qandihog.
Etymology: From the Arabic "qandi," meaning crystallized sugar, and Middle English hogge, from Old English hogg
Sugargasm
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: shoog-er-gaz-uhm
Sentence: Mel is not allowed to have sweet rolls or donuts if he wakes up early in the morning. The noise generated when he has a sugargasm is likely to wake most of his apartment building.
Etymology: sugar (a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet) + orgasm (the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation)
Sugarddiction
Created by: haroldbarold
Pronunciation: shoo-gar-dik-shun
Sentence: Not even the fine staff and facilities of the Walla Walla Fat Camp could break Herbert from his sugarddiction
Etymology: sugar + addiction
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COMMENTS:
Oh boy howdy - haroldbarold, 2006-12-15: 12:22:00
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Comments:
wyzowl - 2006-12-15: 01:28:00
Gluttony has made it so. Eating at any time in excess of your body needs is gluttony.
Fleury - 2006-12-15: 02:36:00
Yes, I used 'overindolcevita' for http://www.verbotomy.com/verbotomy.php?jid=kiss already. Sorry, but it just seemed so apt for this one as well.
i spelled my word wrong! how do i change it?
- 2006-12-15: 07:50:00
Hi Loosepeice, We are adding a VSEC (Verboticism Spelling, Editing and Correction) feature this weekend... ~ James
warped - 2006-12-15: 12:51:00
aw, someone already made "Gluephoria"...why can I never think of something original? It always seems like someone beats me to the punch...I guess I should get up earlier. :D
warped - 2006-12-15: 12:53:00
btw, There's no way to change/retract a word, is there?
Hi warped, Not yet... but soon! ~ James
Seems the early verb catches the worm voting wise, eh?
ArosaMike - 2006-12-17: 18:55:00
Woohoo! I made a 100% unique word :D Get in ;)
Works well as a noun, but as a verb...?
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