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DEFINITION: n. The feeling of anxiety created by the realization that you've arrived at a social event "wearing the wrong thing". v. To arrive at a social function and suddenly realize that you are you are completely over-dressed or worse -- under-dressed!
Verboticisms
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Cretincouture
Created by: XMbIPb
Pronunciation: /kre-tin-cu-tur/ alt. /kre-tin-cu-chur/
Sentence: “Not realizing that a clown outfit does not qualify for ‘casual Fridays’ at his new banking job, Kim abstained from any other forms of cretincouture like Hawaiian shirts, parrot-head hats, and bow-ties that squirt water.”
Etymology: -cretin – a medical condition formerly know as “dwarfed and deformed idiot” used to be common in Alpine communities due to lack of iodine, causing hypothyroid state (disease of the thyroid gland; goiter); modern meaning: just an average idiot without an underlying medical condition . -couture (Fr.,) n. – dressmaking, fashion design
Fashunable
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fah - shun - uh - bl
Sentence: Standing alone with others avoiding him entirely Mervin realized that having misunderstood the invitation and showing up at a formal party in his Hawaiian shirt and Bermuda shorts made him fashunable.
Etymology: blend of shun and fashionable
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COMMENTS:
Simply sensashunal! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-25: 13:05:00
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Fashionono
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fash-uhn-NO-no
Sentence: Whether he frequently misunderstands dress requirements for gatherings or is just plain ignorant, Clint repeatedly commits fashionono's that are often bizarre and always very noticeable.
Etymology: Blend of 'fashion' (style or mode) and 'no no' (something forbidden or not recommended)
Underduress
Created by: swallowedbyafish
Pronunciation: un-der-der-ess
Sentence: The death stares of the audience made him feel like he was in the middle of being interrogated by Jack Bauer. He realized he had underduressed.
Etymology: underdress + under duress
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COMMENTS:
This will stand up in any court of justice! Your sentence and word are lawesomely clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-25: 13:38:00
Your verboticism was one of the few that captures the 'feeling of anxiety' in the definition. I thought it excellent in every way! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-25: 21:25:00
I like it - bookowl, 2008-02-26: 13:30:00
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Cladaclysm
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /klad-uh-kliz-um/
Sentence: Jason figured that the 'Save the Rainforest' fundraiser that Debbie had invited him to would be attended by a bunch of hippies and tree-huggers. When he showed up in a tie-dye tee shirt and Birkenstock sandals at the 'black tie' event, it was a total cladaclysm — Jason was terribly embarrassed, and Debbie was simply mortified.
Etymology: Clad - clothed or dressed; covered in material (Old English, clāthod "clothed") + Cataclysm - a disaster [natural or social] (from Greek, kataklysmós "flood")
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COMMENTS:
Oh, Father, pray for our clothes now and at the time of our disdress! Leaving religion out of it, it's a spectacular creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-25: 12:54:00
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-25: 19:20:00
Man, I woulda done the same thing as Jason. Only I'd have worn a black tie to go with my tye dye shirt. - ErWenn, 2008-02-25: 19:59:00
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Afearance
Created by: FuzzBuzz
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He was overwhelmed by afearance when he realized he had just shown up to a business meeting in an elmo-patterned speedo.
Etymology: fear + appearance
Frockyhorror
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Frock-ee-hor-ror
Sentence: When Tom arrived at the party dressed as Marilyn Monroe, he discovered to his frockyhorror that, when his girlfriend told him to wear something fancy she didn't actually mean fancy dress.
Etymology: Blend of Frock(a loose outer garment, a woman's dress) + Horror(Intense dismay)
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-08: 11:23:00
Great word play on the movie Rocky Horror Show, too. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-08: 12:59:00
It's just a jump to the left....good word. - Nosila, 2008-12-08: 23:24:00
Great stuff. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-13: 16:09:00
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Dressaster
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Dres-ZAH-ster
Sentence: When Bob arrived late, dressed in drag, to Roxie company's pantological conference, she immediately knew it was the beginning of a janetic dressaster.
Etymology: DRESSASTER:Dress & disaster JANETIC: a la Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction at the Superbowl a couple of years ago.
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COMMENTS:
Janetic is fantastic! I wish that a janet jackson might some day become an eponym like sad sack! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-25: 13:09:00
Excellent! - Mustang, 2008-02-25: 17:25:00
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Disdress
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dis-dres
Sentence: As she stepped through the door of the formal affair, Sally felt nothing but disdress realizing that her low-cut red disdress was completely inappropriate.
Etymology: dis (short for disrespect) + distress (great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble) + dress (an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece)
Dresstress
Created by: Maxine
Pronunciation: dres stres
Sentence: Little Jeremy was deeply dresstressed when he realized that no one else at the sleepover had worn plaid thermal underwear.
Etymology: dress, stress, distress
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COMMENTS:
triple ess special! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-25: 13:11:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James