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DEFINITION: v. To assess an individual's current mental state, or identify hidden personality traits, through careful analysis of their hairstyle. n. A method of psychoanalysis based hairdos and don'ts.
Verboticisms
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Prostyling
Created by: kdhills
Pronunciation: Pro-Stie-ling
Sentence: The TSA has come under fire in recent weeks for the supposedly prostyling travelers and administering unnecessary secondary screenings.
Etymology: Profiling + Styling
Folifrazycology
Created by: Hjason
Pronunciation: folly-fraz-e-cology
Sentence: Using folifrazycolgy, we were able to determine that Ken was a lazy individual.
Etymology: folicle-frazzle-psycology
Failohan
Created by: BeauKnows
Pronunciation: Fail-O-han
Sentence: Starting off in a parent trap. Later becoming a mean girl on a freaky Friday. Then driving a Volkswagen bug "fully loaded", spells disaster. That’s not a bad hair day! That’s a failohan.
Etymology: Failing and Lohan
Pilidivinate
Created by: torgo
Pronunciation: pilly-div-in-ate.
Sentence: I have mastered the art of pilidivination. see that girl over there? Total nutter.
Etymology:
Afronalysis
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: afrōnaləsis
Sentence: People could tell Latonya\'s mood by a simple process of afronalysis. If her afro is brushed and picked out she was feeling fine. If it is flat, things were not so good. If she is wearing a baseball cap everybody better stay clear. The technique fell completely apart the day she showed up with a buzz cut.
Etymology: Afro (a thick hairstyle with very tight curls that sticks out all around the head, like the natural hair of some black people) + analysis (a system of psychological theory and therapy that aims to treat mental disorders)
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COMMENTS:
yes the definition leaves out the bald! Good word! - splendiction, 2009-07-30: 23:20:00
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Hairoscopy
Created by: theantiipod
Pronunciation: Hair-os-copy
Sentence: I used my super cool hairoscopy skills to determine what type of person you are.
Etymology: Hair + scope
Salonalysis
Created by: bjorn
Pronunciation: salon-alysis
Sentence: By a cursory salonalysis of his hairstyle, it was readily apparent he was from an outer borough.
Etymology: salon + analysis
Hairathought
Created by: exmugger
Pronunciation: hair-ra-thought
Sentence: Can you guys please hairathought for her? she isnt feeling too well today! cant you see?
Etymology: Spare a thought. now, Hairathought!
Knottipathetic
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: not-tee-pah-theh-tik
Sentence: Roger figured he'd use his knottipathetic skills to get ahead at work. (He learned all about it on the internet during knotworking breaks.) But when he misdiagnosed his boss's bed-head as a subliminal invitation to get kinky, he ended up losing more than his hair.
Etymology: knot + pathy
Comments:
chris - 2006-12-01: 11:32:00
I like 'coiffology'.....
wordmeister - 2006-12-01: 11:49:00
I like hairballogy, but then again I created it. I guess it's lucky we can't vote for our own words...
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Due to popular demand we are changing the voting and scoring rules. Here is how the new setup works:
1. Voting: Each player gets two "plus" Votes (Against votes have been eliminated.)
2. Creativity Points: You get 4 points for creating a word, 4 points for creating a sentence, plus 1 point each for the pronunciation and etymology.
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chris - 2006-12-01: 13:01:00
...good of you to be so objective about things, wordmeister :)
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-01: 13:42:00
I like it alot - sometimes the sentences are better than the words. This will encourage all of us with fragile egos
wordmeister - 2006-12-01: 13:54:00
Check out the revised player standing -- chris and Jabberwocky are neck and neck. This could get vicious! Oh wait... They removed the negative voting. Dang!
ChrisCarrk - 2006-12-01: 15:57:00
it seems menthairity is a really funny word, rock on!
wordmeister - 2006-12-01: 23:39:00
Hey Bjorn, Nice one with 'Salonalysis'. It's from different angle...
splendiction - 2009-07-30: 23:21:00
yes, and Mona (Lisa) has that mysterious smile, too! Excellent word
artipt - 2018-12-03: 19:28:00
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