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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.
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Wrinklace
Created by: sipsoccer
Pronunciation: (rink-lace)
Sentence: I woke up this morning and discovered i had wrinklace on my face.
Etymology: wrinkl- derived from wrinkle ace- derived from face
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.
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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Sleepdeepleation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: deep/pleet/shun
Sentence: Sally suffered from such severe sleepdeepleation that she had to go to a sleep disorder clinic where the patients were suspended like bats to prevent any nasty folds.
Etymology: sleep + deep + pleat + sleep depletion
Cheekprints
Created by: contiki
Pronunciation: cheek prints
Sentence: I woke up with some crazy cheekprints this morning. Looked like a treasure map on my face.
Etymology:
Facingstripes
Created by: bbawden
Pronunciation: Fayss-eeng-straips
Sentence: Susanne was tired of her old look, so she was happy the next morning to find freshly applied facingstripes
Etymology: Face- that thing on your head Stripes, vertical or horizontal lines.
Stredtch
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /stredtʃ/
Sentence: I'm sick of my unseen stretch marks, I don't want to bear with some visible and RED ones too!
Etymology: STREDTCH. From Stretch mark (A shiny line on the skin of the abdomen, breasts, thighs, or buttocks that is often lighter than the surrounding skin and is caused by the stretching and weakening of elastic tissues as a result of pregnancy or obesity, for example) + Red (A pigment or dye having a red hue)
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COMMENTS:
Stredtch marks are rediculous without getting them from your laundry! - Nosila, 2008-10-22: 21:43:00
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Sheetpleated
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: shētplētd
Sentence: Joan had a very difficult time applying makeup to her sheetpleated face this morning. After her skin relaxed, she had more streaks than a ten-year-old windshield wiper.
Etymology: sheet (a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed to cover the mattress) + pleated (a double or multiple fold in a garment or other item made of cloth)
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