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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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Renarcissitate
Created by: phonematode
Pronunciation: ree-nar-sis'-i-tayt
Sentence: A series of recent rejections left his ego crippled on life support. Scowling at himself in the mirror, he decided it was time to pull the plug on his pity and renarcissitate the patient.
Etymology: resuscitate (To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to...) + Narcissus
Transfigurize
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: tranz - FIG - yur - ize
Sentence: After a messy divorce with lots of criticism being aimed at his 'sagging' physique, Brandon decided it was time for him to transfigurize and to remold his body to a shape and condition he'd had many years earlier.
Etymology: Based on the word 'transfigure', (to change in outward form or appearance; transform)
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
Rejuvescape
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: ree/joov/es/kape
Sentence: Once again Leo's friend's banded together for an intervention. After his last break-up they missed the warning signs. Sure enough they arrived at his apartment only find he had relapsed and was rejuvescaping again. It was a sad sight. Leo on the couch lost in a pile of exercise cd's, books, empty cans of Slim Fast, brochures for cosmetic procedures, and last but not least, a Thigh Master between his legs that they had to wrestle him for.
Etymology: Rejunvenate: Regenerate: return to life; get or give new life or energy. Escape: An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy.
Mendorphins
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: men dohrr finns
Sentence: She started to feel good about herself after the first 10k, the mendorphins kicked in as she saw the guys in the mirror checking out her tush
Etymology: endorphins, mend, men
Exbortion
Created by: frenchprof
Pronunciation: ex-bort exbortion
Sentence: He had his stomach exborted not too long ago. No more pregnant looking men.
Etymology: ex-boriri out of-appearance also dis-appeared
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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Expite
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: Ex-pite Just like it looks.
Sentence: Once the divorce was final they couldn't wait to to run into each other at the gym for a good dose of expite. Of course that didn't take too long since each was spending almost every spare moment there trying to make up for years of whocouldcareless marital workouts.
Etymology: Ex (former spouse) Spite (Nya Nya...)
Bodification
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: bä-də-fə-ˈkā-shən
Sentence: Gary's bodification didnt quite turn out as he expected. He thought that his skinny chicken legs had been one of the reasons his Ex-wife Marge wasn't attracted to him so he went in for some calf-implants. Unfortunately for Gary, the nurse misread his chart and Gary ended up with breast implants or "moobs" (man boobs)
Etymology: Blend of Body + Modification
Divomorphosis
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dih-va-mawr-fuh-sis
Sentence: It only took Larry a couple of weeks to end his marriage. The divomorphosis to a slim, trim date-ready dude is going to take a bit longer.
Etymology: divorce (split-up of marriage ) + metamorphosis (conversion, transformation )
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