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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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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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Offscentsive
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: off sent siv
Sentence: Estee Louder did not do anything by half. Even her perfume was triple applied and you could smell her coming a block away. When she started in the new office, people's attendance started to drop and it was found that they were all allergic to her strong perfume. They found her offscentsive. When management investigated, they asked where she had transferred in from. Cologne, Germany was the reply.
Etymology: Offensive (causing or able to cause nausea) & Scent (odor, perfume, aroma, smell)
Perfumigate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pərfyoōməgāt
Sentence: When Marcy overslept and didn’t have time to shower for fear of missing her bus she would perfumigate. She never understood why she could not keep a cat for very long. They all seemed to want to run away with tears in their eyes.
Etymology: perfume (a fragrant liquid typically made from essential oils extracted from flowers and spices, used to impart a pleasant smell to one’s body or clothes) + fumigate (apply the fumes of certain chemicals to (an area) to disinfect it or to rid it of vermin)
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COMMENTS:
Nice one - galwaywegian, 2010-08-09: 09:28:00
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Defunkehtize
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: d-funk-eh-tise
Sentence: Reeking Rhonda defunkehtized her stinking pits with a spray called, 'Foulest Le Fluer Pewfume' She said it was made by, Sha'von.
Etymology: de-funk-The word funk basically refers to a strong, generally offensive odor. De-funk would be trying to un-funk a funky odor. :O) Eh- A sound made when nothing else fits the situation. Tized-taken in part from trauma-tized-To subject to trauma of the senses.
Fragransmog
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: frāgrənsmäg
Sentence: Nobody was fooled when Trudy showed up at work in a fragransmog. Yeah, she had a different outfit but they knew she had had an "overnighter". She never felt comfortable showering anywhere but at home so she would douse herself with far too much perfume.
Etymology: fragrance (a pleasant, sweet smell) + smog (fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants)
Deodious
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: deee oh deee us
Sentence: hie blind datwe was so deodious that when he threw up over the entrees he was acting on impulse
Etymology: deoderant odious
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.)
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
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James