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DEFINITION: v., To shed one's skin in an effort to appear younger or healthier. n. The little bits peeling skin caused by overexposure to direct sunlight.
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Icksfoliate
Created by: ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: iks-foe-lee-ayt
Sentence: She realized her attempt to icksfoliate prior to her high school reunion went awry when her old crush noticed that the shaved parmesan on her fettucine was in fact her own icksfoliation.
Etymology: exfoliate + ick!
Goldmembering
Created by: hellohime
Pronunciation: Goldmembering - Goldmemb'ring
Sentence: From all the shedded skin on the floor, I could tell that, my girlfriend had been goldmembering for most of the night.
Etymology: Goldmembering - From the movie Goldmember where the character played as portrayed Mike Myers, had a predilection for peeling his own skin, saving it in a box and possibly eating it.
Embrell
Created by: leeannhamers
Pronunciation: m-br-elle
Sentence:
Etymology: embaressment - pell
Calixfoliation
Created by: younger
Pronunciation: CAL-iks-fole-e-a-shun
Sentence: California's residents often opt for a "natural" spa treatment over the expensive salon variety. Spending a little time in Cali's smog-filtered sunlight makes for a cheap and effective calixfoliation session.
Etymology: California + Exfoliation
Antiveterous
Created by: 719985
Pronunciation: anti-vet-er-OS
Sentence: Ever since I got my antiveterous procedure, I've had so many hot men asking for my number!
Etymology: Anti - not + veter - old + -ous - having the character of
Maltend
Created by: lulu78d
Pronunciation: mal-tend
Sentence: The older woman had to maltend the skin on her pale face.
Etymology: mal- bad tend- to stretch
Cuteickle
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: kew-tick-al
Sentence: Melanie went for a cuteicure. She wanted to get that fresh appeeling look of a cuteickle that her teenage daughter naturally had.
Etymology: cuticle + cute + ick
Dermamorphosis
Created by: SnatchRaffle
Pronunciation: Dur mah more foe sis
Sentence: Shelly is so beautiful now that her dermamorphosis has finished. She looks 20 years younger.
Etymology: Derma: skin Morph: to change
Dermockracy
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: der mok ra see
Sentence: Chris sunbathed too hard and always ended up burning and shedding away her skin. She felt this dermockracy made her appear more youthful by having the sun exfoliate for her. Instead she was becoming melabnormal.
Etymology: Derma (skin) & Mock (fool, copy, imitate) and WordPlay on Democracy (the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group)
Vetercorporless
Created by: delanybug
Pronunciation: vet-er-o-corp-less
Sentence: The veterocorpless lady is thinner and petite each time I see her in the nursing home when I come to visit.
Etymology: old body smaller of
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176, and inspired by the fact that I got a little sunburn yesterday -- even though it's September. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
rikboyee - 2007-09-17: 04:01:00
its a new one!! oh happy day!!!!
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James