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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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Chicrity
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: sheek/ri/tee
Sentence: Abby is always out shopping for new, wonderful and different fashion because she approaches life with a great deal of chicrity. She loves to wear her best clothes every day for every occasion.
Etymology: CHICRITY - noun - from CHIC (fashionable; stylish; style and elegance in dress) + ALACRITY (cheerful readiness; willingness)
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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Apparechichi
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ah - pare - uh - CHE- CHE
Sentence: Veronica was a dedicated apparechichi with an extensive wardrobe consisting of fashions for any and all possibilities including the unlikely prospect of encountering celebs, big business moguls, politicians or even royalty.
Etymology: Blend of 'apparel' (clothing) and chichi (pompous, pretentious)
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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Fashionatic
Created by: march
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Marianne has a special look for every ocassion, she's a fashionatic.
Etymology:
Shoutdress
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: shout dress
Sentence: Shanel always shoutdressed everyone for every occasion with her expensive, fashionably loud garments that shouted, “I’m the best!” and "Like me!". In her world appearances were everything: eventually she forgot how to speak with spoken language and relied exclusively on her trusty loud outfits to do her talking. Thinking was no longer necessary for Shanel - all she had to do was wearaste.
Etymology: From: outdress and shout - to use clothing for communication.
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COMMENTS:
Glad Shanel has channelled herself! - Nosila, 2009-07-21: 19:16:00
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Attiresome
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: at-iya-sum
Sentence: Judy was the sort who would wear haute couture to the supermarket just in case she bumped into the latest big brother 'celebrity'. Her attitude was becoming increasinglt attiresome to her friends and family.
Etymology: attire - clothing; tiresome - boring, tedious
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COMMENTS:
guess you're not a sex in the city fan - bookowl, 2008-06-03: 15:14:00
Good one. - Mustang, 2008-06-03: 19:34:00
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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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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