Urman Dictionary

portion commitment anxiety

noun phrase

The condition that leads one to attempt to share a single serving of food or beverage.

Surveying the snacks in the office kitchen, Kristina marveled at the portion commitment anxiety in evidence - one person had apparently eaten a single Reeses cup and put the half-empty wrapper back with the others. Someone else - or perhaps the same person - had done similarly with an unresealable bottle of coconut water.