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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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Homeration
Created by: jdfalk
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: From the popular cartoon character Homer Simpson. One of his famous lines is "mmm, donuts," often followed by drooling.
Glutony
Created by: torgone
Pronunciation: gloo ten ee
Sentence: The sales office is an orgy of glutony on Friday morning.
Etymology: gluten + gluttony
Gorgealicious
Created by: wiccanfey
Pronunciation: gorge-a-lish-sush
Sentence: Amy wasn't hungry but every time she opened a box of chocolate chip cookie dough or glazed donuts she couldn't help but have a gorgealicious moment.
Etymology: Gorge
Sacromania
Created by: seldumonde
Pronunciation: sack-row-may-nee-uh
Sentence: Jack had to satisfy his sacromania by gorging on handfuls of sweets.
Etymology: Sacro = from sucrose, sugar Mania = obsession
Glucosetony
Created by: jeremiahbritt
Pronunciation: glew-kohz-toh-nee
Sentence: Marcus's glucosetony made him unable to pass Madeline's candy jar with out gorging himself into a diabetic coma.
Etymology: glucose+gluttony
Escamour
Created by: deadlight
Pronunciation: ESK-uh-mor
Sentence: Look at that man in the restaurant! He must have escamour or something.
Etymology: Esca, the latin word for food. Amour, the French word for love. Simply means a "love of food," but used in a more extreme sense.
Sugagism
Created by: kingb
Pronunciation: sjoogaagism
Sentence: Such a shame of that sugagism....
Etymology: Derives from sugar and of diseases, which often end with "ism's". meaning: Liking sweets like crazy!
Homereater
Created by: deviant
Pronunciation: Ho-mer-eat-er
Sentence: Whenever D'Oh Nuts are on the menu he always homereats, he's a complete homereater!
Etymology: Homer, father of the Simpson family is the originator of this affliction.
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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