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DEFINITION: n. A person in deep denial who crams into their old clothing which is now somewhat unflattering, and perhaps several sizes too small. v. To wear clothing from your "younger days" just to prove that you still got it.
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Gerigarbatric
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: jer - ee - garb - a' triks
Sentence: Harold had to come to grips that Maude was gerigarbatric and would just play along.
Etymology: garb (clothing ; manner of style or dress), then bookended with geriatric (age, feeble, old)
Ouchfit
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ouchfit
Sentence: When Carl broke out an old outfit in honor of his class reunion he discovered that it had become an ouchfit. It was not only uncomfortable to wear it hurt his wife. She laughed so hard she pulled muscles. Even the dog was snickering.
Etymology: ouch (used to express pain) + outfit (a set of clothes worn together, typically for a particular occasion or purpose)
Fatorialist
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: phat-ore-ee-al-ist
Sentence: Mabel, a seasoned fatorialist, started her own website called "The Fatorialist" and posted pictures of herself squeezed into her favorite clothing, mostly from the 1940s. She also posted pictures of random people she came across who she thought looked as dashing as her in their ill-fitting rags.
Etymology: fat + sartorialist
Retrohoh
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: rhett oh oh
Sentence: the sixties hotpants look had gone from retro to retrohoh in the intervening years
Etymology: retro ohoh
Shuizeld
Created by: flameymarshey
Pronunciation: (Shu-weez-ulld_
Sentence: "Honey, are you still schuziled??"
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
YOY - flameymarshey, 2018-09-30: 15:12:00
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Apparelhell
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: a parallel
Sentence: Jimmy smiled as he recalled his pleasant dreams of the night before, of the sweet supple skin of his beloved as they bathed in the sandy sunshine on their honeymoon. He wondered if they were still there together, in a parallel universe. Suddenly, the sound of Irena's voice bought him back to reality. When he saw the image of her before him he was struck by a profound thought: Was this apparelhell universe?
Etymology: Apparel: clothing. Hell: A very bad place, or so I'm told. Parallel: consistent property of two events separated by time.
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COMMENTS:
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-11: 13:37:00
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Bikinitini
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: beek eenee teenee
Sentence: When Ethel tried on her very old swimsuit, her husband Ed called it her bikinitini. Oh sure it still covered the most important parts, but two of those parts were now thumping against her knees as she walked and her backside in motion looked like a camel chewing on a caramel!
Etymology: Bikini (two piece skimpy swimsuit) & Teenie (very tiny)
Sadtire
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sad tyre
Sentence: Helen lost 100 pounds and was delighted to be able to get into her old clothes, including her skimpy bikini...one of the first ever made. She thought she looked hip, young and sexy as she showed off her beach wear to her husband Tom. "Don't I look young again?" , she asked him. "You are deluded if you think you are going to sadtire yourself like that on our cruise" he retorted. "The bikini looks great, but you need to iron the wrinkles out of your birthday suit!"
Etymology: Sad (bad; unfortunate) & Attire (put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive)
Muttonflaunt
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: mutt-n-floor-nt
Sentence: Once more, Esme, an incorrigible muttonflaunt, was rummaging in the bottom of the trunk for the midriff top and hotpants from her youth. When Ken walked in all he could see was her saggy derriere clad in a g-string wobbling about on top of her thigh-high-booted legs, with clothing being tossed in the air.
Etymology: mutton dressed as lamb (an older person wearing youthful clothes) + flaunt (to show off)
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COMMENTS:
what an image - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-11: 13:40:00
I think I know her...good word! - Nosila, 2009-05-11: 17:57:00
That Esme... Not at all sheepish... - emdeejay, 2009-05-11: 19:45:00
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Retrohno
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: rhett roh noh
Sentence: He had a body that turned the retro look into the retrohno look, but not the eyesight to notice it.
Etymology: retro oh no
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx Thank you metrohumanx ~ James
abrakadeborah - 2009-05-11: 03:46:00
I loved making up this word & sentence/story...Metro! YOU ARE GRRRREAT and the cartoon made me LAUGH so hard! Thanks! I needed that ~ STILL LOL! :)
Hey abrakadeborah, Thank you for the winkles and crinkles. Our verbotomists are certainly putting on their most creative verbdrobes today. And everyone is wearing their words well. ~ James
And in other news, Jabberwocky has won our Dylan Verbotomies Contest with the top score last week. I will post the official announcement later today in the blog. Congrats to Jabberwocky ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James