Verboticisms

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: crammed/ma

Sentence: Her crammedma and crammeddad came to visit both wearing clothes several sizes too small.

Etymology: cram + Grandma

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Crink-old-fa-shun-rut

Sentence: Mrs. Wryly Puckerbutt got stuck in a Crinkledfashionrut. As she strutted her stuff around her husband...Gruff he finally had to say,"Dear you know my sight is bad...now sweetheart I don't want to make you mad, but honey you don't have what you once had...so, please go iron out the wrinkles!" I've overheard Mrs. Nippentuck, has nicknamed you,"Mrs.Crinkledwrinkled Puckerbutt. She says, "you are in a constant crinkledfashionrut!" Honey, don't worry I think she's a nut!

Etymology: Crinkle: A wrinkle,ripple, or fold. Fashion:The prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior. Rut:To get stuck into a fixed, usually boring routine.(Unbecoming,to be stuck in an era of a certain stlye of clothing that is not age appropriate, attractive, or flattering.)

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COMMENTS:

super word - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-11: 13:38:00

Love the names! - Nosila, 2009-05-11: 22:22:00

Thanks Jabber and Nosila very much :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-14: 11:16:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: proon-ETT-eh

Sentence: Jeanetta was well past mid life but convinced she still looked good in revealing clothes, and the poor thing had no idea that friends referred to her as Prunetta because of all the sags, wrinkles and cellulite that gave her a prune like appearance.

Etymology: Blend of 'prune' (dried plum) and a feminine name ending in 'etta'.

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: thrawng

Sentence: At the family beach vacation Grandma thought it was great that she could still fit into her string bikini. Others thought it was just thwrong. To make matters worse Grandpa decided to match her faux pas by strutting around in a banana-hammock Speedow. The cost of the vacation may well be eclipsed by the eventual cost of therapy for the grandchildren.

Etymology: thong (a brief garment for the lower body that exposes the buttocks) + wrong (not correct in action, judgment, opinion, method, etc.)

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COMMENTS:

brilliant! - galwaywegian, 2012-02-28: 07:36:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: cray/dul/ward/rob/bur

Sentence: Edith and Ethel, both octogenarians, are cradlewardrobbers and like to hang out on Friday evenings at the local Baskin and Robbins in lululemon cropped tops and hip hugging capris.

Etymology: cradle robber + wardrobe

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: proon-ETT-eh

Sentence: Jeanetta was well past mid life but convinced she still looked good in revealing clothes, and the poor thing had no idea that friends referred to her as prunetta because of all the sags, wrinkles and cellulite that gave her a prune like appearance.

Etymology: Blend of prune and a feminine name ending in 'etta'.

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COMMENTS:

Sadly she's not alone...beaches everywhere have seen her! Good Word - Nosila, 2009-05-11: 17:59:00

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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

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: rett row maii gohd

Sentence: The retrohmygod look provoked a major stir on the beach, much further north than had been intended.

Etymology: retro, oh my God

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COMMENTS:

great laugh as always - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-11: 13:41:00

Quite similar to shabby chic. Excellent word. - Mustang, 2009-05-11: 21:14:00

Flabulous! With that initial labelling of retro followed immediately by the double take reaction to the appearance. - dochanne, 2009-05-11: 21:57:00

I LOL! Such a great word! Kudos to you~ You've got my vote! Loved it :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-14: 11:17:00

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Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: feh-shuhn-twees-tah

Sentence: In the year 2025, down at Maliboobie Beach, old Pamela A. in her bikini was known as a fashuntweesta, a real screampuff. My how the years fly by!

Etymology: Blending contemporary term "fashionista" with "shun," meaning to keep away from + "twist," a distortion in form or meaning

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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

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