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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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Fiasclothes
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fee/as/klohz
Sentence: It was embarrassing and a total fiasclothes when I showed up to my boss' daughter's Baptism in shorts, T-shirt, bathing suit, towel and a case of beer. I didn't quite read the invitation past the address 2206 Sunnyside Beach. Unfortunately, it was Sunnyside Beach United Church.
Etymology: FIASCLOTHES - noun - from FIASCO (A complete, or ridiculous failure) + CLOTHES (garments for the body; wearing apparel)
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COMMENTS:
Excellently crafted word, sentence and etymology. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-08: 12:39:00
This is a great word which totally hits the definition!! - mweinmann, 2008-12-09: 10:29:00
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Illbirthdaysuited
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ill/burthday/sooted
Sentence: Owing to an inner ear infection, he thought his girlfriend told him that her parents were nudists when she really said they were prudish - hence the illbirthdaysuited entrance.
Etymology: ill suited + birthday suit
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COMMENTS:
Smiled awhile over your clever sentence and word. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-08: 12:30:00
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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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Dumbarassment
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: dum-bare-es-ment
Sentence: Jane felt a strange sense of dumbarassment when she showed up to the Fright Night Halloween Party dressed up like the Easter Bunny.
Etymology: dumb + embarassment
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COMMENTS:
Dumbfoundingly clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-25: 13:24:00
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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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Tangsttop
Created by: TheStorialist
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After seeing her son's teacher's eyes perusing her cleavage during the conference, Jane realized she'd pulled a tangsttop by wearing such a revealing camisole.
Etymology: Tank top + angst
Disdress
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: diss - Dress
Sentence: Derrick cross-dressed when everyone else was dressed straight. In his dresses, he often got a dressing down from others. Never able to dress right, he went around in a state of disdress.
Etymology: Distress, Dress. Distress - mental suffering. Dress - clothes.
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COMMENTS:
welcome back silveryaspen!! - galwaywegian, 2008-12-08: 09:29:00
Thanks for the reminder: realized, only after I had logged out, that I had forgtten to include "UGH & "UGLY" in the etymology box. See Wikipedia: "Ugg boots are a style of sheepskin boot, with wool as the inner lining and a tanned outer surface worn by both men and women. Ugg boots often have a synthetic sole, although this is not universal. Uggs have been identified as a fashion trend for men and women since the early 2000s. In recent months, Ugg boots have grown again in popularity with men with the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio being spotted in them. They were originally designed to provide bare minimum footwear for under privileged children in southern Australia. They somehow managed, despite their appearance, to gain popularity among boys and girls in the United States and Europe...." - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-08: 16:30:00
It was Derrick's dresstiny! - Nosila, 2008-12-08: 23:26:00
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Emperormental
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: em-pera-men-tel
Sentence: Barenadette was highly emperormental when she made a grand entrance at what she thought was the Indy Ball in her nanokini, (after all it was October on the Gold Coast) only to find that the A1 crowd were a much more staid group. She should have worn her one piece swimsuit instead.
Etymology: emperor (Andersen's famous emperor was very temperamental when he realised that his new clothes in fact did not exist) + mental (state of mind) + temperamental (emotional)
Embareassment
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: embərasmənt
Sentence: When Harry was in elementary school he used to have night terrors about arriving at class in his underwear. Now he is in college his dreams involve embareassment. Just last night he woke up in a cold sweat from a nightmare of getting up to present in his public speaking class only to realize he was naked. He woke up with a start when he saw the clear plastic podium.
Etymology: embarrassment (a feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness) + bare-ass (naked)
Sadtired
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sad ty erd
Sentence: Mona was humiliated when she asked her boyfriend to meet her at her boss' house for a luncheon. She specifically told him that it was a speed lunch..he thought she said speedo lunch and arrived pitifully sadtired for the event!
Etymology: Sad (bad; unfortunate) & Attired ( dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James