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Discussion Groups / English Usage / July 2008Too much of a good thing?
I'm looking for a delicate term. When you eat too much chocolate, then whip cream then ice cream you feel...nauseous? Almost, but not quite. Though you don't feel like vomiting, you still experience some discomfort. What do you call that feeling or sensation of unpleasant satiety? I'm not looking for an only word, so a phrase, even a poem, will do it. > I'm looking for a delicate term. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > What do you call that feeling or sensation of unpleasant satiety? > I'm not looking for an only word, so a phrase, even a poem, will do it. I call it the BLOWN APART feeling, as in the epilogue to a poem I titled THE BLACK WIDOW (having two stanzas but closely resembling a limerick): I once met a woman of wealth Who claimed to eat mildew for health; When no one believed what she told She cooked up a potful of mold And ate fungus among us by stealth. This same little lady of means Used mildew to season some beans; When offered this potent legume, Her husband was blown from the room And torn up into fine smithereens. (Witnesses at the scene compared him to Napoleon, blown apart.) -- Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego > I'm looking for a delicate term. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > What do you call that feeling or sensation of unpleasant satiety? > I'm not looking for an only word, so a phrase, even a poem, will do it. Glutted. Stuffed. > I'm looking for a delicate term. > When you eat too much chocolate, then whip cream then ice cream you > feel...nauseous? Almost, but not quite. > Though you don't feel like vomiting, you still experience some > discomfort. > What do you call that feeling or sensation of unpleasant satiety? > I'm not looking for an only word, so a phrase, even a poem, will do it. choco-bends fat, dumb and flatulent ice cream cramps pig aches on the oink hog belly Baskin & Robbins syndrome full to the puke line junk food heaves cack-in-the-box pastry queasy ...and my favorite, too stuffed to f.ck  SignaturePurl Gurl -- So many are stumped by what slips right off the top of my mind like a man's bad fitting hairpiece. >...and my favorite, > >too stuffed to f.ck Which would be the opposite of when you are too satisfyingly exhausted to eat: too f.cked to stuff. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) > I'm looking for a delicate term. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > What do you call that feeling or sensation of unpleasant satiety? > I'm not looking for an only word, so a phrase, even a poem, will do it. Queasy? Bloated? --Jeff SignatureThe struggle with evil by means of violence is the same as an attempt to stop a cloud, in order that there may be no rain. -Leo Tolstoy >I'm looking for a delicate term. > >When you eat too much chocolate, then whip cream then ice cream you >feel...nauseous? Almost, but not quite. The word you want is nauseated. >Though you don't feel like vomiting, you still experience some >discomfort. queasy, sick to the stomach. Although none of the foods you list could do that to me. >What do you call that feeling or sensation of unpleasant satiety? >I'm not looking for an only word, so a phrase, even a poem, will do it. If you are inclined to email me for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-) > I'm looking for a delicate term. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > What do you call that feeling or sensation of unpleasant satiety? I'm > not looking for an only word, so a phrase, even a poem, will do it. (BrE) full to busting >>I'm looking for a delicate term. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > (BrE) full to busting THE GHOULISH BANQUET They gathered 'round the dinner table, and Each one began to stuff himself as planned. They ate a lot, and didn't care a fig That each of them was eating like a pig. Their bloated stomachs made the guests feel good That they had stuffed themselves with so much food They didn't have to pay for, but could eat As much as they could stand of tasty meat. They ate all that there was, and satisfied Themselves on dishes broiled and baked and fried. They didn't care the food would go to waste So long as each could satisfy his taste. And so they gorged on what resembled ham And ate as if they didn't give a damn About their health, but wished instead to stuff Themselves until they'd had more than enough. Yet, even then, they stuffed themselves some more Until their bellies felt a little sore. Then, just as all of them were full to burst, The cook brought out another garnished wurst. The meat was fine, and all the guests agreed That they should meet their host who thought to feed Their gluttony with so much rare cuisine. The host appeared and said, "My name's Ed Gein." > Their bloated stomachs made the guests feel good > That they had stuffed themselves with so much food In whose dialect do those lines rhyme? Is it a long oooh? --Jeff SignatureThe struggle with evil by means of violence is the same as an attempt to stop a cloud, in order that there may be no rain. -Leo Tolstoy >> Their bloated stomachs made the guests feel good >> That they had stuffed themselves with so much food > >In whose dialect do those lines rhyme? Is it a long oooh? Native speakers of Russian often rhyme "good" with "food" in English by pronouncing them "gud" and "fud". SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida >> Their bloated stomachs made the guests feel good >> That they had stuffed themselves with so much food > > In whose dialect do those lines rhyme? Is it a long oooh? > > --Jeff Have you ever heard of sight rhyme? Slant rhyme? Assonance? (Hip-hop uses a lot of assonance rather than strict rhyme.) Then there's the issue of phonetic changes over time, as, probably, in the famous final couplet of Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind": ". . . O Wind, If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" I don't like strict rhymes or "perfect" rhymes. In addition, by completing the rhyme on "good" with a longer sound "food," I stress the important word "food," which is really what the poem is about (i.e. eating too much food). I like tension in my rhymes, just like I prefer syncopated lines (I'm not too fond of end-stopped rhymes, but prefer enjambement, or run-on rhymes/lines); in brief, I aim for an idiomatic poetic metrics: poetry that doesn't sound like poetry. Ironically, I thought someone would contest the final rhyme on Ed Gein's name (since it's intuitively pronounced GINE, not GEEN); but Gein insisted on the latter pronunciation. On Jul 27, 7:33 am, angelgloww20...@yahoo.com wrote: > Their gluttony with so muchrarecuisine. "Rare"? -- Daniel G. McGrath Binghamton, New York In alt.usage.english, Arcadian Rises wrote: >I'm looking for a delicate term. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >What do you call that feeling or sensation of unpleasant satiety? >I'm not looking for an only word, so a phrase, even a poem, will do it. For the feeling that you get from too much sugar I'd say "feel sick". For that different feeling that you get from too much food generally, "feel bloated". SignatureMike Barnes Cheshire, England > In alt.usage.english, Arcadian Rises wrote: >> I'm looking for a delicate term. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > sick". For that different feeling that you get from too much food > generally, "feel bloated". "Full as a tick". SignatureFrank ess >I'm looking for a delicate term. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >What do you call that feeling or sensation of unpleasant satiety? >I'm not looking for an only word, so a phrase, even a poem, will do it. When you've eaten to the point of surfeit, you feel surfeited. From m-w.com: Main Entry: 1sur·feit Pronunciation: \'s?r-f?t\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English surfet, from Anglo-French, from surfaire to overdo, from sur- + faire to do, from Latin facere more at do Date: 14th century 1 : an overabundant supply : excess 2 : an intemperate or immoderate indulgence in something (as food or drink) 3 : disgust caused by excess Main Entry: 2surfeit Function: verb Date: 14th century transitive verb : to feed, supply, or give to surfeit intransitive verb archaic : to indulge to satiety in a gratification (as indulgence of the appetite or senses) synonyms see satiate sur·feit·er noun >> I'm looking for a delicate term. >> When you eat too much chocolate, then whip cream then ice cream you >> feel...nauseous? Almost, but not quite. >> Though you don't feel like vomiting, you still experience some >> discomfort. >> What do you call that feeling or sensation of unpleasant satiety? >> I'm not looking for an only word, so a phrase, even a poem, will >> do it. > When you've eaten to the point of surfeit, you feel surfeited. > From m-w.com: > Main Entry: 1sur·feit > Pronunciation: \'s?r-f?t\ [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > drink) > 3 : disgust caused by excess > Main Entry: 2surfeit > Function: verb [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > synonyms see satiate > - sur·feit·er noun "Cloy" doesn't seem busy these days. Too much whipped cream can leave you feeling all cloyed up (in recognition of its connection to "clogged"). Might have to reach farther for a noun. I favour "cloyth", though "cloyance" might give a good account of itself. An extreme cloyth might be a "cluggoth". Sssh, children, Father was at the Irish Coffee last night, and now he's down with a cluggoth: if you love life, do not wake him. It would give an alliterative line with "Clarence", too, if anybody wanted one. >> I'm looking for a delicate term. >> When you eat too much chocolate, then whip cream then ice cream you >> feel...nauseous? Almost, but not quite. >> Though you don't feel like vomiting, you still experience some >> discomfort. >> What do you call that feeling or sensation of unpleasant satiety? >> I'm not looking for an only word, so a phrase, even a poem, will >> do it. > When you've eaten to the point of surfeit, you feel surfeited. > From m-w.com: > Main Entry: 1sur·feit > Pronunciation: \'s?r-f?t\ [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > drink) > 3 : disgust caused by excess > Main Entry: 2surfeit > Function: verb [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > synonyms see satiate > - sur·feit·er noun "Cloy" doesn't seem busy these days. Too much whipped cream can leave you feeling all cloyed up (in recognition of its connection to "clogged"). Might have to reach farther for a noun. I favour "cloyth", though "cloyance" might give a good account of itself. An extreme cloyth might be a "cluggoth". Sssh, children, Father was at the Irish Coffee last night, and now he's down with a cluggoth: if you love life, do not wake him. It would give an alliterative line with "Clarence", too, if anybody wanted one. >>> I'm looking for a delicate term. > [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > It would give an alliterative line with "Clarence", too, if anybody > wanted one. I want one! I want one! >>>> I'm looking for a delicate term. [pigout] >>>> What do you call that feeling or sensation of unpleasant satiety? >>>> I'm not looking for an only word, so a phrase, even a poem, will >>>> do it. >>> When you've eaten to the point of surfeit, you feel surfeited. [definitions] >> "Cloy" doesn't seem busy these days. [drolleries] >> It would give an alliterative line with "Clarence", too, if anybody >> wanted one. > I want one! I want one! What George Plantagenet thought he was playing at, messing with malmsey at midnight, the mutt, we'll never know, for the Nevilles have tabooed all talk of the cloyage in Clarence's Butt. >>>>> I'm looking for a delicate term. > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >malmsey at midnight, the mutt, we'll never know, for the Nevilles have >tabooed all talk of the cloyage in Clarence's Butt. I can't make heads or tails of the above. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland [surfeit city] >>>>> When you've eaten to the point of surfeit, you feel surfeited. >>>> "Cloy" doesn't seem busy these days. [drolleries] >>>> It would give an alliterative line with "Clarence", too, if >>>> anybody wanted one. >>> I want one! I want one! >> What George Plantagenet thought he was playing at, messing with >> malmsey at midnight, the mutt, we'll never know, for the Nevilles >> have tabooed all talk of the cloyage in Clarence's Butt. > I can't make heads or tails of the above. Alliterative lines, one with "Clarence", as requested (they also came out as a double dactyl, without the introductory "higgledy-piggledy", which I have never liked). Now improved! or at least slightly altered: What George Plantagenet * thought he was playing at, surfing the malmsey * at midnight, the mutt, we'll never know, * for the Nevilles have tabooed all talk of the Cloyance * of Clarence's Butt. Wiki: "The Neville sisters were heiresses to their mother's considerable estates, and their husbands vied with one another for pride of place, with Richard eventually winning out. Clarence, who had made the mistake of plotting against his brother Edward IV, was imprisoned in the Tower of London and put on trial for treason. Following his conviction, he was "privately executed" at the Tower on 18 February 1478, and the tradition grew up that he had been drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine.[1] The tradition may have originated in a joke, based on his reputation as a heavy drinker." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Plantagenet%2C_1st_Duke_of_Clarence http://tinyurl.com/58qy6c >[surfeit city] > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Plantagenet%2C_1st_Duke_of_Clarence >http://tinyurl.com/58qy6c I understand more of it now, but it was an effort. Thanks for the explanation. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland > On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:43:50 -0700 (PDT), Arcadian Rises > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > synonyms see satiate > — sur·feit·er noun That's exactly the meaning I was looking for: > 3 : disgust caused by excess Rem acu tetigisti! which is Latin for "Bingo!". I thank you very much LaReina and all the others for braintstorming. > On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:43:50 -0700 (PDT), Arcadian Rises > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > synonyms see satiate > — sur·feit·er noun Next question: what is the proper usage? "I'm surfeited by too much chocolate"? I guess "too much" is kinda redundant. I cannot possibly think of any other usage. SOS! >> On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:43:50 -0700 (PDT), Arcadian Rises >> [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] >"I'm surfeited by too much chocolate"? I guess "too much" is kinda >redundant. I cannot possibly think of any other usage. SOS! I think the only time I've seen the word used is in reference to the death of King Henry I, who, to the great glee of the authors of "1066 and All That", died of a surfeit of lampreys. SignatureDon Aitken Mail to the From: address is not read. To email me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com" Don Aitken filted: >>Next question: what is the proper usage? >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >death of King Henry I, who, to the great glee of the authors of "1066 >and All That", died of a surfeit of lampreys. You could go to surfeit city, 'cause it's two to one now....r SignatureEvelyn Wood just looks at the pictures. >Don Aitken filted: >> >>>Next question: what is the proper usage? When writing dialog in a play staged for the 18th century, perhaps? >>>"I'm surfeited by too much chocolate"? I guess "too much" is kinda >>>redundant. I cannot possibly think of any other usage. SOS! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >You could go to surfeit city, 'cause it's two to one now....r SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland >I'm looking for a delicate term. > >When you eat too much chocolate, then whip cream then ice cream you >feel...nauseous? Almost, but not quite. >Though you don't feel like vomiting, you still experience some >discomfort. Naar. I'm curious about the eating, whipping icing sequence. First you eat. Then you whip cream. Then you ice cream... but don't you usually ice cakes, not cream? SignatureSteve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk > I'm curious about the eating, whipping icing sequence. > > First you eat. > Then you whip cream. > Then you ice cream... but don't you usually ice cakes, not cream? Interestingly, the name "ice cream" was early on objected to by usage commentators precisely on the grounds that it should be "iced cream"; "icing" the (sweetened) cream was, in fact, how you made it. SignatureEvan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |Never attempt to teach a pig to 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 |sing; it wastes your time and Palo Alto, CA 94304 |annoys the pig. | Robert Heinlein kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com (650)857-7572 http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ Evan Kirshenbaum filted: >> I'm curious about the eating, whipping icing sequence. >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >commentators precisely on the grounds that it should be "iced cream"; >"icing" the (sweetened) cream was, in fact, how you made it. Here we go again: roasted beef, hashed browns, iced tea and frenched fries....r SignatureEvelyn Wood just looks at the pictures. > Evan Kirshenbaum filted: >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Here we go again: roasted beef, hashed browns, iced tea and frenched > fries....r iced water, shaved ice, and fried bread. SignatureEvan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |Marge: You liked Rashomon. 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 |Homer: That's not how *I* remember Palo Alto, CA 94304 | it. kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com (650)857-7572 http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ >> Evan Kirshenbaum filted: >>> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > iced water, shaved ice, and fried bread. IRTA fried beard. Several times. Presumably because of the earlier shaved. I can guess what shaved ice is but I've never come across it before. SignatureLaura (emulate St. George for email) LFS filted: >>> Here we go again: roasted beef, hashed browns, iced tea and frenched >>> fries....r [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >I can guess what shaved ice is but I've never come across it before. Without the D, it's a Hawaiian delicacy...something like sno-cones.... Both Evan and I left out "creamed corn"....r SignatureEvelyn Wood just looks at the pictures. > Both Evan and I left out "creamed corn"....r The cans usually do say "creamed," don't they? Without the "-ed," all I think of is the Socket of Davis and tadpoles the size of Mercurys. ¬R >> Both Evan and I left out "creamed corn"....r > > The cans usually do say "creamed," don't they? Without the "-ed," all > I think of is the Socket of Davis and tadpoles the size of Mercurys. I suspect that the cans largely say "creamed", but people have been saying "cream" for a while. Looking at the _NY Times_ I see it advertised back to 1895: New-York State Cream Corn, fancy quality, sweet, tender, white, creamy corn, solid pack, three days only. 12c. the can. [4/14/1895] although I don't see it outside of ads there before 1943. 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