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DEFINITION: n. A person who likes to dress up and seems to have a different outfit for every occasion. v. To dress up in fancy clothes whenever you go out because you don't know who you're going to meet, and you don't want to get dressed down.
Verboticisms
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Frockenstein
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fräkənstīn
Sentence: Madame Lulu never wants to be caught wearing the same outfit twice. The good news is that she is a skilled seamstress and can create whatever she imagines. The bad news is that her imagination causes her to create frockenstein outfits that can startle even her friend Lady Gaga.
Etymology: frock (a woman’s dress) + Frankenstein (A monster made up from several bodies)
Divattire
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dēvətīr
Sentence: Julie loves pamper herself. She never feels better than when she is wearing her divattire. The only problem with her expensive tastes is that it doesn\'t match her income. She will do almost anything, including skipping meals to avoid making selections from the poordrobe.
Etymology: diva (an admired, glamorous, or distinguished woman) + attire (be dressed in clothes of a specified kind)
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COMMENTS:
- excellent word. "poordrobe" - great! - splendiction, 2009-07-21: 21:45:00
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Allegance
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: Awl-egg-gunce
Sentence: She dressed elegantly for every possible occasion, as she prided herself on being an allegant person.
Etymology: All + elegance
Multimodel
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: mull - ti - mowd - l
Sentence: Lenore was a multimodel woman who wore several outfits in one day as if life were more about the clothes you had on then on the activities you participated in or who you were as a person. She had a different set of clothes for taking a walk, shopping, jogging, reading the newspaper, writing a letter, cooking dinner, etc.... It seemed to everyone who knew her that her life was lived for the clothing.
Etymology: multi (contains multiple colors in the same size), multimodal (Having, or employing multiple modes) , model (display (clothes) as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion)
Glambidextrous
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: glam-be-dex-truss
Sentence: it didn't matter what the occasion was, she had the perfect outfit, she was that glambidextrous.
Etymology: glamorous, ambidextrous
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COMMENTS:
Nice word! - artr, 2009-07-21: 06:44:00
fabulous - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-21: 10:24:00
glambitious word! - Nosila, 2009-07-21: 10:55:00
Hilarious - "was that glambidextrous"! - splendiction, 2009-07-21: 21:42:00
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Primpetual
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: prim-PECH-oo-uhl
Sentence: This was going to be Cleowulf's greatest challenge. Despite all his research in women's magazines, Miss Primpetual remained a mystery to him. He thought of resorting to dresspionage and blingshui was not out of the question. Finally she became feed up with his strange behaviour, and suggested that he should do something about his sybilitarianism. He thought, amongst other things, that she was imeldaranged, and decided to headed to Manila to see if he could find some answers there.
Etymology: PRIMP: to groom oneself with meticuluous or excessive care and attention PerPETUAL: continuing or continued without interruption, ceaseless. "Stars Primp For 'Sex And The City' Premiere. Sarah Jessica Parker sparkles at the Sex and the City" www.okmagazine.com/blog/post/6983/Stars-Primp-For-'Sex-And-The-City'-
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COMMENTS:
interesting sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-03: 15:10:00
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Holiduds
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: hol-i-duhdz
Sentence: Every day's a holiday when you wear your holiduds.
Etymology: Holiday (a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person) + duds (clothes, especially a suit of clothes)
Galalamode
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: gal a la mode
Sentence: Sal was a galalamode. She had an outfit begetting every occasion. She wore Gucci when she walked her poochie. She wore Dior to the Store. She wore Chanel to talk on her cell. She wore Cardin in the garden. She wore Balmain when she took the train. She wore Saab to Rehab and she wore FCUK when she visited her boyfriend!
Etymology: Gal (alliterative term for a young girl) & A La Mode (French for "in the fashion" or up to date).
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COMMENTS:
eggzelunt! - Mustang, 2009-07-21: 07:49:00
Love the word & Sal's matches of designers/occasions-funny! - splendiction, 2009-07-21: 21:40:00
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Clotheswhorese
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: cloze/horse
Sentence: Cammy Leon was such a clotheswhorese that she had a stable full of every imaginable kind of outfit.
Etymology: clotheshorse + well you know (sort of a sequel to wordmeister's shoohoh)
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COMMENTS:
She gives me nightmares... - Nosila, 2008-06-03: 23:03:00
Sounds good also as "cloze-SWOR-ese" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-04: 18:29:00
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Glamoeccentric
Created by: green
Pronunciation: glam-o-eccentric
Sentence: I took avant-garde-window-dresser-author Simon Doonan's advice and gave away all my ordinary clothes. Now I'm very glamoccentric when I feed the chickens and dig in my urban garden.
Etymology: glamour eccentric
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COMMENTS:
You are a true glamoeccentric! Look your jacket even matches SJP's. All you need is the hat! - wordmeister, 2008-06-03: 12:58:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Sarah Jessica Parker's crazy hat which she wore to the London premiere of Sex in the City. See: Sarah Jessica Parker's Hat. ~ James
galwaywegian - 2008-06-03: 06:49:00
The hat was made by another galwaywegian!
Hey Galway, So you have a hat like that too!! Neat! I assume you always wear it when you're playing Verbotomy, just to get the creative juices going! ~ James