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DEFINITION: n., The deep red lines and/or furrows, which appear on a person's face after they have slept on wrinkled or creased bed sheets. v., To wake up and discover that your face matches your wrinkled bed sheets.
Verboticisms
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Sheetfaced
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: sheet-fayst
Sentence: after a heavy night of celebrating it was no surprise when i woke up sheetfaced
Etymology: sheet, face, shitfaced
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COMMENTS:
HA! Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-26: 04:43:00
But of course!! Good word. - Mustang, 2007-11-26: 06:34:00
excellent word - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-26: 13:19:00
Bring to mind an old expression - to go to bed, " To go down sheet alley into Bedfordshire." Fine word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-26: 20:47:00
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Kipanwrinkle
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Kip-an-rink-el
Sentence: When Lucy awoke from her slumber she as horrified to discover that she was suffering the kipanwrinkle syndrome. Everything was clear when she looked at her sheets and saw how crumpled they were.
Etymology: Kip(to sleep) + wrinkle(a line or fold in the skin of the face) = Kipanwrinkle. See also Rip Van Winkle(a short story of a villager of Dutch descent, who slept or twenty years
Lininjury
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: lin-IN-jery
Sentence: In spite of her concerted efforts to avoid the condition, Sheila continued to wake up every morning with a moderately severe lininjury from having slept with her face buried in the wrinkled sheets.
Etymology: Blend of 'linen' and 'injury'.
Fortywrinks
Created by: hendrixius
Pronunciation: /for-tee-rinks/
Sentence: While catching a nap during her lunch break, Sarah awoke to find carpet related fortywrinks all about her face.
Etymology: "forty-winks" and "wrinkles"
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-26: 20:36:00
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Bedmark
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: bed-mahrk
Sentence: When Susan looked in the mirror after she woke up from her nap, she saw a bedmark on her left cheek; a perfect impression of the flower she hand embroidered on her pillow.
Etymology: Bed: a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps. + Mark: a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise.
Wakeover
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: wake-oh-ver
Sentence: Marge got the worst wakeover of her life while sleeping in a guest bed with an embroidered Tigger on the pillowcase.
Etymology: makeover + awaken
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COMMENTS:
And what's so awful about walking around with a 'Tigger' impression on her face, Hmm? - Tigger, 2007-11-26: 11:20:00
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Rinkbaef
Created by: coolkids58
Pronunciation:
Sentence: you have big rinkbaefs
Etymology:
Visaginen
Created by: LotusB
Pronunciation: Vis-AHGE-in-en
Sentence: When he awakened, Carl noticed his face and neck were hurting. Thinking he had been bitten by a bug, he ran to the bathroom mirror only to find he wasn't attacked by bed bugs, but rather visaginen! His sheets attacked him in the night!
Etymology: Visage (Face) + Linen (Sheets, Linens, etc) = Visaginen
Laintracks
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: lay nnn traks
Sentence: His lain tracks were what you'd expect from 60 year old sleepers.
Etymology: lain, traintracks
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COMMENTS:
like it - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-22: 11:50:00
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Sleepcrease
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: sleep-creese
Sentence: Kristie came to college wary of the power of a mid-day nap. And well through her freshmen year, she tried to deny the deep snoozes she took before dinner. Her hypocrisy finally got the better of her friends, who started mocking her sleepcrease mercilessly when she showed up late for dinner and claimed she was studying.
Etymology: sleep + crease
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
By the way, Stevenson0's crazy shopping word, "Dealusional", was published in Toronto Star as one of Top the Invented Words of the Week. See: http://www.verbotomy.com/blog/?p=223. Congratulations to Stevenson0 ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James