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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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Honeyhorse
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: hun/ee/hors
Sentence: As the "honeyhorse" looked over the big buffet of bonbons before him, he began chomping at the bit in eager anticipation of which one to devour first.
Etymology: honey: a sweet substance + horse: as in eat like a horse
Overcandisic
Created by: ipswich78
Pronunciation: over - candy - sick
Sentence: She was extremely overcandisic in her love of bon-bons
Etymology: sick from over eating of candy!
Sacchrophilia
Created by: mousefeathers
Pronunciation: sack-row-FILL-ee-uh
Sentence: Because of the long-term effects of untreated sacchrophilia, he tried to hang himself, but the rope broke before his neck did.
Etymology: Sacchro--sweet, sugar Philia--love of, often obsessive
Candiction
Created by: Tesla
Pronunciation: can - DICK - shun
Sentence: Bob had a severe candiction for caramel corn.
Etymology: candy + addiction
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...?
duktoreks - 2016-12-09: 00:20:00
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