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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: Brunhilda 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
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COMMENTS:
So funny and apt. Excellent word. - green, 2008-06-06: 12:39:00
makes me think of Seinfeld - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-06: 16:09:00
Great word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-08: 19:03:00
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Streason
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: Stree-son
Sentence: The office girls loved nothing more than gabbling in the canteen about petunia's latest act of streason, wearing last season's fashion this season...well i mean you just wouldn't would you, i would just die if i was seen dead in the full length puffball this summer, i mean oh my god...and with those shoes etc
Etymology: season+treason = fashion crime
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like they were doing verbal strip tease... - wordmeister, 2008-06-06: 17:10:00
We have a word for girls like that at work...a coven! - Nosila, 2008-06-06: 20:13:00
Very clever. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-08: 19:06:00
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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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Frockfuzz
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: FROCK+FUZZ
Sentence: Whatever she wore, she knew the frockfuzz would be judging her.
Etymology: FROCK+FUZZ. frock: a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman. fuzz: police (slang)
Glossip
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: gloss-ip
Sentence: As an avid reader of all the stylish magazines she felt fully qualified to glossip
Etymology: gloss, gossip
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COMMENTS:
the perfectly styled word! - wordmeister, 2008-06-06: 09:19:00
Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-08: 19:03:00
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Cococackle
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: kəʊ kəʊ ˈkak(ə)l
Sentence: The catwalk was Molly's playground. Never on it, Molly was an observer who could not and would not curb her cococackling for any body,
Etymology: "CoCo" Chanel - pioneering French fashion designer - meets a raving lunatic squawking bird prone to "Cackle" - raucous clucking cry of a bird -
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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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'
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.)
Fashun
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fashən
Sentence: Jesse was all too quick to fashun anybody she felt wasn\'t trying hard enough to keep up with the latest trends. And then it happened. She made a mistake. She was in a hurry one morning and grabbed last year\'s baseball cap. She spent the day being liliculed by the very folks she loved to razz.
Etymology: fashion (a popular trend, esp. in styles of dress) + shun (persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution)
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!