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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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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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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
Infurpretate
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: in-fir-pre-tate
Sentence: When interviewing folks for new postitions the recruiter typically delved kno further than his infurpretation
Etymology: Fur + interpretation
Rapuzzle
Created by: dekra
Pronunciation: rah-puzzle
Sentence: She presented a new attitude every, with the same golden smile, but a very different rapuzzle. They would watch her from the office window, changing the the tone of their greetings and timbre of their voices based on the level of frizzy topography her locks presented.
Etymology: Rapunzel(Classic fairy tale character with long golden hair) + Puzzle
Barnetologist
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: bar net olo gist
Sentence: he was a true barnetologist, able to read right through the hair line.
Etymology: barnet, an English colloquialism of a hair do.
Categhairise
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: cat-egg-hayr-ize
Sentence: Sebastian's ability to categhairise people accurately (even if bald) had usually kept him out of ha(i)rm's way.
Etymology: categorise + hair
Capiloscan
Created by: Adamson
Pronunciation: ca-pi-lo-scan
Sentence: He seemed great, but after a quick capiloscan, I discovered he was a potential serial killer.
Etymology: Capilary+scanning
Frizzalysis
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Friz-al-ie-sis
Sentence: Rigourous Frizzalysis indicates that 'a bad hair day is worth two in the bush', so to speak, ahem.
Etymology: Entangling of 1)Frizz - wild or uncontrolable hair (informal) and 2) Analysis - nothing whatever to do with the rectum, usually.
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COMMENTS:
frizztastic! - jrogan, 2009-07-30: 09:00:00
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Fricktrizzle
Created by: msokoloffster
Pronunciation: Frik - Triz - uhl
Sentence: Sarah slapped anyone who fricktrizzled her; she thought it was bogus.
Etymology: Unknown...
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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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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