comfort food 

(n) Defined as food that gives emotional comfort to the one eating it, these tend to be favorite foods of childhood, or linked to a person, place or time with which the food has a positive association.

Grandma always made the best mashed potatoes and gravy, they've become a comfort food for me.

comfort food by Lord Butterknife September 26, 2005

comfort food 

food that is not only comforting to the taste buds, but all the other senses.

gotta get me some comfort food

comfort food by frsky August 4, 2007

comfort food 

A completely vague term that means nothing, but can be, and is, applied to just about anything you put in your mouth. Used by restaurants as a buzz word to make you think that they will heal you instead of just feeding you.

"A potato is a comfort food? What's comforting about a stupid potato?"

comfort food by Ignatzz June 30, 2018

Comfort Food 

Food that provides a sense of comfort and puts your mind at ease. Food that makes you forget your troubles.

He ate some comfort food to forget about how he was just fired.

Comfort Food by jj975 April 13, 2015

comfort food 

Food eaten to relieve stress.

I'm eating a burger. That is my comfort food.

comfort food by Ereck Flowers July 3, 2016

comfort food 

(n.)High in fat and carbohydrate, comfort foods are eaten by lazy glutons to help them forget thier woes.

Comfort food fattens up animals for the kill.

comfort food by Kung-Fu Jesus April 28, 2004

comfort food 

A term coined by starving millennial vegans to describe any traditional dish that would not be found in, say, a rabbit's diet.

That chicken sandwich is so just comfort food--you're going to need to detox with an arugula salad with nutritional yeast.

comfort food by Tjanvier April 1, 2018