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DEFINITION: n. A person who wears way too much perfume or cologne. v. To reek of perfume or cologne so strongly that it literally makes other people sick.
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Marinauseate
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: MAR i NAW zee ATE
Sentence: These people who marinate in their perfume, especially those who think they are cleverly covering up a bad smell, marinauseate me. My co-workers think that when they have a cigarette break and then super spray themselves with perfume that they now smell all sweet and lovely. It makes me feel sick. I can barely breath.
Etymology: MARINATE: to soak something in a liquid concoction presumably to prepare it for cooking NAUSEATE: to make somebody feel like they want to vomit
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COMMENTS:
good sentence and word - silveryaspen, 2009-01-23: 16:41:00
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Stenchtorian
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: stench/tor/ee/an
Sentence: Sally was a stenchtorian who could bring people to their knees with tears in their eyes with only a raised arm - too bad she was a crossing guard.
Etymology: stentorian (loud and powerful) + stench
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COMMENTS:
a classic! - galwaywegian, 2009-01-23: 08:07:00
Another great word - TJayzz, 2009-01-23: 14:13:00
Super create - silveryaspen, 2009-01-23: 16:11:00
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Tempusfetere
Created by: AllNightWriter
Pronunciation: However you like, I don't speak Latin so your best guess is as good as mine! Something along the lines of tem-pus-feh-tearuh. Or not.
Sentence: "She doesn't have time to shower but she does have tempusfetere - shame it's not Christmas otherwise 'Secret Santa' cold buy her some wet wipes..."
Etymology: Tempus - Time Fetere - To stink
Youreeka
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: yew-REEK-uh
Sentence: Eureka! thought Jan when she came up with what she thought was the very clever idea of bypassing a shower and simply doubling up on deodorant spray, but her friends and acquaintances silently shouted 'youreeka' whenever they got close to her.
Etymology: Blend of you and reek, word play on the word 'eureka'.
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-23: 13:45:00
Great word - TJayzz, 2009-01-23: 14:16:00
Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-23: 16:13:00
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Ecscentric
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ek sent rik
Sentence: coco was very ecscentric, using chanel no5 to disguise the faxct that she smelt more like canal no5, directly after the fish kill.
Etymology: eccentric, scent
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COMMENTS:
your sentence is a bit fishy but funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-23: 13:45:00
Great word ... strong sentence, so strong i can smell coco from here. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-23: 16:27:00
Ah, she wore it just for the halibut... - Nosila, 2009-01-23: 23:28:00
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Youreeka
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: u reek a
Sentence: Her name was Youreeka, she came from Eureka and she doused herself daily in perfume and havoc did wreak-a!
Etymology: WordPlay on "Eureka" ("Eureka" comes from the Ancient Greek word εὕρηκα heúrēka, meaning "I have found (it)") -used by Archimedes to denote discovery of a discovery or invention) & Reek (stink)
Eauvercologne
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: ˈəʊvə : kəˈləʊn
Sentence: Francis loved a freebee and cologne samples were top of his hitlist. This, coupled with a hectic lifestyle and penchant for polluting, made him a tad heavy handed with his perfume and likely to eauvercologne whenever the going got tough/opportunity a-rose.
Etymology: Over : Extending above and beyond - sandwiched between - Eau de cologne : scented water
Perfumigate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: per-fyoom-mi-geyt
Sentence: After her month-long camping trip, without access to a proper shower, it was necessary to perfumigate Joan just to be allowed on the bus home.
Etymology: perfume (a substance, extract, or preparation for diffusing or imparting an agreeable or attractive smell, especially a fluid containing fragrant natural oils extracted from flowers, woods, etc., or similar synthetic oils. ) + fumigate (to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.)
Colognicirritation
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Col-own-ik-irr-i-tay-shun
Sentence: Denise suffered from colognicirritation due to the huge amount of perume she sprayed on everyday, she would even, at regular intervals go into the loo and top up with a few more squirts. This would annoy her workmates so much that they all refused to sit at the desk next to hers.
Etymology: Colognic(from cologne) + irritation(to annoy, also inflammation of the skin) = Colognicirritation
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James