Verboticisms

Created by: melia

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Created by: DoctorManhattan

Pronunciation: 'glü-'kO-v&r-"dOs

Sentence: "If you eat all those deep-fried Twinkies, you're going to glucoverdose."

Etymology: From Greek "gleukos" meaning "sweet wine" + from Old English "over" + from Greek and Latin "dosis" meaning "gift".

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Deep fried twinkies? That sounds good! - wordmeister, 2006-12-15: 17:25:00

I know. There was this restaurant in L.A. that would sell them, but every time we went there they were closed for one reason or another (family emergencies (heart attacks?), etc.) and then they finally closed permanently, so I never got a chance to try o - DoctorManhattan, 2006-12-17: 14:35:00

ne. By all reports, they were exquisite, though. Guess I'll have to try it myself one of these days. - DoctorManhattan, 2006-12-17: 14:36:00

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Created by: Harbow

Pronunciation: Glut-o-mania

Sentence: To have a deep carving of all sweet things to the point excess

Etymology: From gluton and mania

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Created by: twice

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: shoŏgərgazəm

Sentence: Happy holidays is an understatement. With all the office parties and accompanying sweets Rudy is in heaven. It’s the one time of year he can stir his coffee with candy canes. He has purchased cheesecakes, cakes and pies to give out as gifts only to have to re-order them because he has given in to temptation all too easily. Just last night he practically had a sugargasm downing a whole cheesecake in one sitting. Happy Holidays!

Etymology: sugar (a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants) + orgasm (a climax of sexual excitement)

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Created by: missparaguay1991

Pronunciation: -Sweed/ -dict

Sentence: Jonathan is a sweeddict you can see the sugar behind his nails and everything. He cannot make love to me if I'm not covered in chocolate! Manchester SweedAIDs Research Centre suggests the sweeddiction might have not cure.

Etymology: Sweeddict (n.) -swee/ from English sweet + dict/ from English addict. Family Tree: Sweeddiction (n.)

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Created by: Amerie

Pronunciation: can-dee-vow-r

Sentence: Tom couldn't walk past the bakery without the urge to candevour everything in sight.

Etymology: candy + devour

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Created by: aleclair

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Sentence: The sucrobsessed man decided it was his prime duty that weekend not to repair the car, but to acquire a pound of Hersheys' Kisses.

Etymology: Sucrobsessed is an adjective. The verb form is sucrobsess, and the noun form is sucrobsession. The word is derived from sucrose, the scientific name for sugar - and obsess.

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Created by: Ochiee

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Etymology: confection + adoration

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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")

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