I try to ignore the food noise when I am bored.
food noise
idiomA mental preoccupation with food that is differentiable from hunger and from cravings but tends to urge people to overeat.
Origin
first recorded 21st c.By a metaphor in which mental preoccupation is portrayed as noise inside one's head that cannot be turned off, somewhat like an earworm. Widely used since the early 2020s, when indications for using the GLP-1 receptor agonist medication class expanded beyond diabetes treatment into weight control for anyone with or without diabetes; not in widespread use before that. Attested since 2007.
She finds that constant food noise makes it difficult to focus on her work during the afternoon.
Despite having eaten a full meal, he struggled to quiet the persistent food noise that urged him to seek out another snack.
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box of toys
[Cockney slang]noise
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eat one's own dog food
To use or consume the economic goods or services that one is producing; to be part of a closed household economy.
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food baby
A protruding belly resulting from the consumption of a large quantity of food; the contents of one's digestive system causing the protrusion.
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food chain
A hierarchy.
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food for thought
Information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation.
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make a noise in the world
To attract great notoriety.
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make noise
To scold, condemn, or criticize very harshly.
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put food on the table
To provide enough money to cover basic necessities.