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DEFINITION: n. Redundant and often clumsy preparations made before meeting with a "professional" -- like a hairdresser, dentist or cleaning lady. v. To prepare for a meeting with a professional by trying to hide the fact that you desperately need their services.
Verboticisms
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Bedlamouflage
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: bed lam o flahj
Sentence: As the doorbell announcing the arrival of their new cleaning lady rang, they looked around. The bedlamouflage would work as long as she didn't touch the cupboard door, look in the guest bathroom and the sedatives they'd given the cat didn't wear off too soon.
Etymology: bedlam, camouflage
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COMMENTS:
:-) - silveryaspen, 2009-03-26: 10:02:00
Funny beddy bye-bye story! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-26: 10:15:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-26: 12:32:00
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Nervicecall
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: Nur-vis-call
Sentence: "They've seen it all" I kept telling myself as I frantically added bromide to the hot tub and scrubbed at the scum ring along the top. My husband, while taunting me for my extensive preparations for the nervicecall from the spa guy, was spotted surreptiously hosing out the filter.
Etymology: Service call combined with nervous.
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COMMENTS:
LOL! Too funny :) It makes a LOT of sense! You have my vote! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-26: 16:38:00
This is so very clever!! - mweinmann, 2009-03-26: 17:17:00
Good! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-26: 21:16:00
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Badjustments
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: bad just ments
Sentence: Slovenlee dipped into the washroom to primp up his eyebrows with a dab of brilcreme before entering the salon; his badjustments, however, didn’t fool any of the salonspatitians. That brow was out of control!
Etymology: From bad and adjustments: adjustments made to impress gone wrong.
Remuddle
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re-MUDL
Sentence: As always, Frankie hated going to the barber since he knew he'd receive some good natured jibes about his thinning hair, so he once again set out to remuddle his hairdo in an effort to hide the balding areas.
Etymology: Based on 'muddle' (to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble) with prefix 're-' (to do again)...a play on the word 'remodel.
Redundental
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ri-duhn-den-tl
Sentence: Tim did such a job of preparing for his tooth cleaning that his visit was largely redundental.
Etymology: redundant (being in excess; exceeding what is usual or natural) + dental (of or pertaining to dentistry or a dentist)
Anticipurge
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: an-tis-i-purge
Sentence: Harry was horrified when he got to work and realized that the housekeeper was coming to clean his apartment today and he had forgotten to anticipurge the girly magazines from the bathroom.
Etymology: anticipate -- get ready, prepare, purge -- cleanse, purify
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-26: 09:29:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-26: 12:32:00
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Forexperfix
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: four-x-per-fix
Sentence: Trudie forexperfixed her house right before the cleaning lady came, and soon realized that after her cleaning lady finished, her house seemed dirtier than before.
Etymology: fore + expert + fix
Fakeitz
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: fake-its
Sentence: Buffy would often rush her husband, Biffy to clean before the maid arrived, and he would snarl and call her a fakeitz, for not allowing anyone to see the real way they lived.
Etymology: Fake- It-
Remuddle
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re-MUDL
Sentence: As always, Darryl hated going to the barber since he knew he'd receive some good natured jibes about his thinning hair, so he once again set out to remuddle his hairdo in an effort to hide the balding areas.
Etymology: Based on 'muddle' (to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble) with prefix 're-' (to do again)...a play on the word 'remodel.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by nosila. Thank you nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by nosila. Thank you nosila. ~ James
I love this definition - it's so true!
RaunakThomas - 2013-07-27: 10:56:00
ROFL
Petrikreink - 2018-10-08: 12:54:00
What nice phrase
Svetikreink - 2018-10-10: 21:00:00