Today's word from Diary: Bloated

1/24/2008

My husband and I went out to dinner at a Korean restaurant. The Korean restaurant we often go to serves Korean and Japanese dishes. Although many Americans like to have Japanese sushi, some try Korean dishes, such as Bulgogi (seasoned beef) and Bibimbap (rice mixed with vegetables). My husband loves Bulgogi especially with Kimchi (spicy fermented cabbage). Today was no exception. He ate a lot of Bulgogi and Kimchi and got very full. After dinner he said "I feel bloated." "What does it mean 'bloated'? ", I asked. He said "it means to be inflated, swollen, puffed up, or full."

The dictionary defines it as "swollen and rounded because of containing too much air, liquid or food (e.g.) a bloated (=uncomfortably full) feeling" It also can be used to describe something unnecessarily large." [Cambridge Dictionary Online]

Bloated from the news:
While a decrease in home prices is likely to help shave some excess from the bloated inventories of unsold homes and eventually bring the housing slump to an end, economists warn that falling home prices could cut into consumer spending.

(Reuters from http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN1549913820080124?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true)