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DEFINITION: v. To tease, ridicule or twitter about someone who has made a fashion mistake. n. A materialistic twit who feels it's their duty to inform others when fashion standards have not been met.
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Fashionazi
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fash - uh - NOT - zee
Sentence: Eva was a heartless fashionazi who couldn't resist tossing out blistering assessments of what she considered to be fashion blunders by others, especially those who were above her on the social registry.
Etymology: blend of 'fashion' and 'nazi'
Disdress
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: dis-dress
Sentence: Mercedes would disdress every women she saw on the street, ruthlessly tearing apart their shabby wardrobes. Her boyfriend, Chad, took it even further. In fact, he mentally disrobed every woman he saw.
Etymology: dis+ dress
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COMMENTS:
simple and funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-06: 16:08:00
Thanks Jabberwocky! - wordmeister, 2008-06-06: 17:17:00
Good one, wm! - Nosila, 2008-06-06: 20:14:00
Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-08: 19:10:00
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Ridicut
Created by: green
Pronunciation: rid- i- cut
Sentence: Jasmine could throw fashion ridicuts with such surgical precision her victim's were left speechless.
Etymology: ridicule cut
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COMMENTS:
Sharp and nasty! - wordmeister, 2008-06-06: 14:13:00
Sounds painfully; but I like it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-08: 19:06:00
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Voguard
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: voh-gahrd
Sentence: Heather and Tonya are all too ready to let every woman in their office know when they have made a fashion faux pas. These voguards have mastered the not-quite-soft-enough whisper to comment on any infraction they see. So beware. These mavens of haute couture could inflict a designer shiner to the reputation of the chic bleak. Heaven help anyone who succumbs to the concept of "Casual Fridays".
Etymology: vogue (something in fashion, as at a particular time) + guard (to keep under close watch in order to prevent escape, misconduct, etc.)
Twitic
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: twit-ic
Sentence: Marcia was the local fashion twitic. She made sure to review everyone's apparance in her tweets to her friends.
Etymology: twit + twitter: + critic: professional who judges the arts and fashion
Coutourdeforce
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: coo/toor/de/fors
Sentence: Julia was a coutourdeforce and would relentlessly critique wardrobe malfunctions.
Etymology: couture + tour de force
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COMMENTS:
- excellent word! - splendiction, 2009-07-24: 16:38:00
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Fauxpalice
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fōpälēs
Sentence: Several of the matrons at the country club seem to have appointed themselves as fauxpalice. They are all too comfortable letting younger, newer members know what they think of their fashion choices.
Etymology: faux pas (an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation) + police (an organization engaged in the enforcement of official regulations in a specified domain)
Comments:
Today's definition is inspired by Dana Stevens's movies review of Sex and the City on Slate where she says that, "I honestly believe, as I wrote when the series finale aired in 2004*, that Sex and the City is singlehandedly responsible for a measurable uptick in the number of materialistic twits in New York City and perhaps the world." Now that something to twitter about ~ James
splendiction - 2009-07-24: 16:36:00
- excellent word!