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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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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
Frizzometer
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: frizz-oh-meet-er
Sentence: Jack looked at Alice and his frizzometer told him that based upon her wildly mused hair she was having a very bad day.
Etymology: frizz (frizzy hair) + o (all inventions from the 50's had o in their title) + meter (to gauge)
Hairballology
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: hair-bal-ol-a-gee
Sentence: Even though she was highly paid, professional hairballologist, Cynthia often doubted her expertise -- especially in the morning, when she looked in the mirror and saw an airhead.
Etymology: hairball + ology
Toupeestimation
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: too pay' stim ay' shun
Sentence: In my professional toupeestimation, one should be wary of hairstylists with shaved heads.
Etymology: toupee + estimation
Hairedity
Created by: Kevcom2007
Pronunciation: hair/ed/it/ee
Sentence: Her hairedity is terrible today!
Etymology: Hair + (Her)edity
Psychiatress
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sigh kai ah tress
Sentence: definately a bad hair day, on so many levels, her psychiatress said in clipped tones
Etymology: psychiatrist tress
Hairot
Created by: Fleury
Pronunciation: HAIR-oh
Sentence: Your Hairot Card reading says "something wicked this way comes"
Etymology: hair + tarot
Strandalyze
Created by: riflesandkids74
Pronunciation: strand-uh-lyz
Sentence: When riding the subway each morning, I sometimes strandalyze some of the passengers (Even those wearing hats).
Etymology: strand + analyze
Coiffuread
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: kwah-fyoor-reed
Sentence: Judging by his greasy comb-over they coiffuread that he was fighting the aging process and his mirrors at home were filthy.
Etymology: coiffure (a style of arranging or combing the hair) + read (to interpret the meaning of by scrutiny or observation)
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...
CHANGES TO VOTING AND SCORING
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.
3. Voting Points: Each vote counts for 3 points
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NOTE 2: We have made the changes but it may have unintended consequences. Let us know if anything screws up...
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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