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DEFINITION: n., The fear of eating the skins of fruits, vegetables, or small animals. v., To worry about saving one's skin while chewing on a rind, peel, or pelt.
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Skinedible
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: skinedəbəl
Sentence: Ruby is afraid of any food that has an exterior that is different than its interior. She sees it as skinedible. To her, even skinadvertent skingestion of skin is skinappropriate. It gives her skindigestion. She won*t even drink hot chocolate that has started to cool.
Etymology: skin (the thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal) + inedible (not fit to be eaten)
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COMMENTS:
good one! - mrskellyscl, 2010-02-03: 06:39:00
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Skintolerance
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: skinn-TAWL-ur-unse
Sentence: Mina's skintolerance prevented her from eating apples unless they were completely peeled and cored.
Etymology: skin + intolerance
Peelophobia
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: peel o fobe eya
Sentence: Jackie had a tremendous case of peelophobia. She could not bare to look at an orange rind, apple parings or a banana peel, never mind eat them. She could not even eat in a steakhouse, lest they serve potato skins. They did not appeel to her at all.
Etymology: Peel (the rind of a fruit or vegetable) & POhobia (Unnatural fear;an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things)
Unapeeling
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: uhn-uh-PEEL-ihng
Sentence: Just as Alex had an unapeeling approach to apples, he insisted that his girlfriend cut the crusts off his PBJs.
Etymology: unappealing + peeling
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COMMENTS:
like this one desribes it well - aigle101, 2007-10-17: 14:17:00
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Shunappealing
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: shun a peeling
Sentence: Animal or vegetable, Christine just could not bring herself to consume the epidermis of her convestibles. I mean really! Consider where it has been! She found it very shunappealing.
Etymology: shun - to avoid. unappealing - offputting. peeling - (possibly) discarded skin of fruit/vegetable
Rindnoshnervous
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ryend/nosh/nur/vus
Sentence: Sally was extremely rindnoshnervous to the point where her gag reflex would kick in at the very mention of fuzz, coat, husk or shell.
Etymology: rind (skin) + nosh (eat) + nervous + sounds like rhinoceros
Dermingestiphobia
Created by: Daneslarue
Pronunciation: Derm-In-Jest-I-fo-Bee-A
Sentence: I suffer from acute dermingestiphobia; banana peels have been known to send me cowering into the corner.
Etymology: Derm - Skin Ingest - Consume Phobia - Fear
Dermaffright
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: der-ma-fright
Sentence: When she was a small child, Sue had a dermaffright when a clown slipped on a banana peel in front of her at the circus. Her brother, always looking for an opportunity to torment his little sister, would chase her around the house with banana skins, orange skins or anything else that came from a fruit or vegetable. After several years of therapy she came to the conclusion that it was the clown she was afraid of, not the skin, and now she can enjoy fruit again, although not bananas yet because she developed a fear of monkeys after seeing a Discovery Channel special.
Etymology: derma: skin (greek-dermis) + affright: sudden terror
Dermadrama
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dir ma dra ma
Sentence: Tanya Hide and Ed P. Durmass were seasoned actors on the highly acclaimed daytime series, "The Young and the Wrinkleless". Ed's character tried to force his victim, Tanya, to eat a banana peel. He knew her dermadrama regarding rinds of fruit would make great tv. She refused and said, "Take your banana and split". To which he replied, "Don't you like it? It has a peel...". Tanya shoved the offending former fruit covering into Ed's mouth and forced it in. He gagged and ran to wash out the bitter taste with some cleansing lather. This is really why their show is called a Soap Opera...
Etymology: Derma (the deep vascular inner layer of the skin) & Drama (turbulent or highly emotional situation;the quality of being arresting or highly emotional)
Repulskin
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ri/puhl/skin
Sentence: Jenny has suffered from the dreaded phobia of repulskin since early childhood. She can't eat apples, grapes, nectarines, or especially fuzzy peaches, or any other fruits unless all the skin is completely peeled off.
Etymology: REPULSKIN - noun - from REPULSION (distaste, repugnance, or aversion by the thought, or presence of something) + SKIN (the external covering of an animal body, fruit, or vegetable)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James