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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)
Cramolded
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: cra-mol-did
Sentence: Marvin says to Anne, "Honey, you know you should not cramolded that old bikini on your body...it accentuates your extra curves and lines."
Etymology: Cram-To force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space; stuff. Old- and added (ed) - Having lived or existed for a relatively long time; far advanced in years or life.
Indistreet
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: indistrēt
Sentence: The workers in the assisted-living facility were stunned at how indistreet their charges could be. Someone had apparently left a catalog of streetwear where the elders could get hold of it. Suddenly the community was flooded with grannies in spandex and chucks, grandpas with boxers hiked up to their armpits and shorts well below their hips. Before long things returned to normal when the seniors discovered that thongs are not comfortable for anybody and that it is hard to do business with local merchants while they are laughing uncontrollably.
Etymology: indiscreet (having, showing, or proceeding from too great a readiness to reveal things that should remain secret or private) + street (Street wear is a distinctive style of fashion not to be confused with hip hop fashion. Its roots are in skateboarding and the "skatewear" of the 1980s)
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)
Thwrong
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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Youthenize
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: yooth-en-ize
Sentence: Whenever Syl would youthenize, Morty just wished he was dead.
Etymology: youth (the condition or quality of being young) + euthanize (the act of painlessly ending the life of a person for reasons of mercy)
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COMMENTS:
Thanks for using my photograph for today's cartoon. (Just kidding.) - hyperborean, 2009-05-11: 09:03:00
short, (sweet )and fast , packs the punch, like a ninja - DrWebster111, 2009-05-12: 21:41:00
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Fashiononsense
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: fa-shen-non-cents
Sentence: Grandma's fashiononsense often times found her in acid wash jeans which were too snug.
Etymology:
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)
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
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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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