The reader feels some sympathy for Galen, whose suffering turns him into a bulimic and self-hating depressive.

ECONOMIST: New American fiction: Tainted love | The

The inference seemed to be they were less important than the next gag poking fun at bulimic actresses.

BBC: MacFarlane aims high but hits mediocre

"As if being a bulimic or an alcoholic makes you that much softer anyway, " she said with a laugh.

WSJ: New York City Council Speaker Takes Her Past Struggles Public

The second was composed of individuals diagnosed as bulimic.

ECONOMIST: Psychiatric disorders and immunity

One of the most cited studies, by University of Washington researcher Adam Drewnowski, found that women who were given a drug that blocks opioid receptors consumed less sweet, high-fat foods--but only if they were bulimic.

FORBES: Food on the Brain

An online colloquialism, "Eye Bleach, " is the act of cleansing one's vision with images of puppies and rainbows after having seen the unseeable, like a bulimic cleanse for untoward things we've done in the digital domain.

ENGADGET: This is the Modem World: Digital junk food