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DEFINITION: v. intr., To compensate for emotional rejection by trying to change one's appearance through aggressive dieting, exercise and/or plastic surgery -- common among aging divorcees.
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Dumprove
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: dum-proov
Sentence: After the divorce, Bert decided he needed to dumprove his image. He lost his unibrow with the help of Nair, but his beach-ball belly was going to need drastic surgery.
Etymology: dump, improve
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COMMENTS:
I thought the unibrow was fashionable again. Hmmm... Great word! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-20: 10:12:00
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Rejectionperception
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: ree-jek-shun-per-cep-shun
Sentence: Man, your rejectionperception is really showing. You didn't have those pecs yesterday, and you were bald until the day before that. Man, get some therapy, or a woman, before there's nothing original of you left.
Etymology: Rejection, (refuse, dismiss.) Perception, (sensing, being conscious of or way of seeing things.)
Adonisize
Created by: ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: uh-DAH-ni-sighz
Sentence: Mid-life algebra lesson: 1 corporate downsize + 1 marital excise + 100's of drive thru Supersizes = time to Adonisize!
Etymology: Adonis, size, exercise
Victualizashun
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: vic/tu/al/i/zay/shun
Sentence: Harvey hoped that by aggressively embracing victualizashun he would once again possess the toned body he had been so proud of.
Etymology: victuals + shun + actualization
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COMMENTS:
Always wanted to use "victual" in one of my verbotomies. brings back memories of the 1960s and the "Beverley Hillbillies. " Nice word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-22: 05:03:00
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Divorsuction
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Di-vor-suk-shun
Sentence: When her divorce alimony came through, Jean decided to put some towards getting divorsuction, the new plastic surgery designed especially for the newly divorced in order to lose weight, ready to join the dating circuit again.
Etymology: Divorce(divor) + liposuction (suction) = Divorsuction
Anovorcic
Created by: cpjax
Pronunciation: AnO- vor-CiC
Sentence: after he divorced he went on an anovorcic diet
Etymology: anorexic plus divorce
Rebait
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: re bayt
Sentence: When Stanley Kupp went trawling for female companionship after his nasty divorce, he decided he needed to rebait the old Stanley hook to make himself look attractive. Alas, no amount of dieting, exercising, tanning or surgery could undo the 28 years' married toll on his former athletic shape. Time and again, he could hear that old play-by-play in his head..."He shoots, He doesn't score!"
Etymology: Re (to do again) & Bait (to lure, entice, or entrap)...wordplay on rebate (to get a little something back)
Dumpensate
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dum pen sayt
Sentence: He dumpensated by joining a gym for the jilted.
Etymology: compensate, dump
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COMMENTS:
must be getting to the end of the summer - welcome back - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-20: 11:35:00
Welcome Back, galwaywegian...dumpfounding word! - Nosila, 2008-08-20: 23:40:00
Thanks for minding the shop!! - galwaywegian, 2008-08-21: 06:36:00
Absolutely fantastic word ! :) - Morikvendi, 2008-08-21: 19:51:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by staggolee. Thank you staggolee! ~ James
OZZIEBOB - 2007-09-20: 17:44:00
Sure was a tough one. Abfab Jab!
Today's definition was suggested by staggolee. Thank you staggolee. ~ James