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DEFINITION: n. The feeling of anxiety created by the realization that you've arrived at a social event "wearing the wrong thing". v. To arrive at a social function and suddenly realize that you are you are completely over-dressed or worse -- under-dressed!
Verboticisms
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Dumbarassment
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: dum-bare-es-ment
Sentence: Jane felt a strange sense of dumbarassment when she showed up to the Fright Night Halloween Party dressed up like the Easter Bunny.
Etymology: dumb + embarassment
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COMMENTS:
Dumbfoundingly clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-25: 13:24:00
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Dresstress
Created by: Maxine
Pronunciation: dres stres
Sentence: Little Jeremy was deeply dresstressed when he realized that no one else at the sleepover had worn plaid thermal underwear.
Etymology: dress, stress, distress
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COMMENTS:
triple ess special! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-25: 13:11:00
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Grossdressing
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: grow ss dreh sing
Sentence: His grossdressing is so bad he'd look out of place at an Abba concert
Etymology: gross dressing, crossdressing
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COMMENTS:
Does his mother know that he's out? Great word! - Nosila, 2008-12-08: 23:22:00
I like it - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-13: 16:09:00
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Fashunclutz
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: FASCH-un-clutz
Sentence: Having no idea what the notation 'black tie' meant on the invitation, when Delbert realized everyone else was in formal attire and he in his bermudas and sandals he realized he was being completely avoided and knew he was the fashunclutz of the year.
Etymology: Blend of fashion, shun, and clutz
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COMMENTS:
Great word. Excellent etymology. Always admire triple word plays. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-08: 12:50:00
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Bluetie
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈblu ˈtaɪ/
Sentence: My plaid shorts and tye-dye t-shirt were definitely inappropriate for the formal dance, but then again, they'd probably be blue-tie for just about any situation.
Etymology: indicating the wrong color tie with respect to a "black tie" or "white tie" dress code
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COMMENTS:
You collared it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-25: 12:52:00
So very clever! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-25: 19:23:00
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Embareassment
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: embərasmənt
Sentence: When Harry was in elementary school he used to have night terrors about arriving at class in his underwear. Now he is in college his dreams involve embareassment. Just last night he woke up in a cold sweat from a nightmare of getting up to present in his public speaking class only to realize he was naked. He woke up with a start when he saw the clear plastic podium.
Etymology: embarrassment (a feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness) + bare-ass (naked)
Emperormental
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: em-pera-men-tel
Sentence: Barenadette was highly emperormental when she made a grand entrance at what she thought was the Indy Ball in her nanokini, (after all it was October on the Gold Coast) only to find that the A1 crowd were a much more staid group. She should have worn her one piece swimsuit instead.
Etymology: emperor (Andersen's famous emperor was very temperamental when he realised that his new clothes in fact did not exist) + mental (state of mind) + temperamental (emotional)
Underduress
Created by: swallowedbyafish
Pronunciation: un-der-der-ess
Sentence: The death stares of the audience made him feel like he was in the middle of being interrogated by Jack Bauer. He realized he had underduressed.
Etymology: underdress + under duress
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COMMENTS:
This will stand up in any court of justice! Your sentence and word are lawesomely clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-25: 13:38:00
Your verboticism was one of the few that captures the 'feeling of anxiety' in the definition. I thought it excellent in every way! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-25: 21:25:00
I like it - bookowl, 2008-02-26: 13:30:00
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Sensawk
Created by: valevans
Pronunciation: sens-awk
Sentence: When John came to the business casual party thinking Anne said bedroom casual everyone immediatly overlooked Sam's choice of clothing with shorts and a t-shirt. Though Sam was happy to not have the bad judgments being made about him, he still felt bad for John and his obvious sensawk situation.
Etymology: sens- to feel, to think. awk- awkward
Wearrorism
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: wer or izm
Sentence: Sally's first experience with wearrorism came when she showed up dressed as a dominatrix, complete with whip, fishnets,handcuffs, high leather boots and a tight black stain teddy over which her bosom threatened to spill out. A Playboy bunny would have found the outfit too revealing. Imagine her surpise when the masquerade party she thought she was attending, turned out to be a surprise bridal shower for her and her fiance, thrown by his religious family, whom she was to meet for the first time!
Etymology: Wear (a covering for the body)& error (a mistake made by incorrect information) & terrorism (an act instilling fear)
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COMMENTS:
Clever! - libertybelle, 2008-02-25: 10:59:00
Fun! Fun! Fun! Triple run good! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-25: 12:51:00
Good one! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-25: 19:12:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James