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DEFINITION: v. To assess an individual's current mental state, or identify hidden personality traits, through careful analysis of their hairstyle. n. A method of psychoanalysis based hairdos and don'ts.
Verboticisms
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Psychiatress
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sigh kai ah tress
Sentence: definately a bad hair day, on so many levels, her psychiatress said in clipped tones
Etymology: psychiatrist tress
Trichoanalysis
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: try-co-a-nal-a-sis
Sentence: Sven gave up his psychology course for hairdressing, but still liked to analyse his customers. He called it trichoanalysis
Etymology: trich (prefix meaning hair or thread) + psychoanalysis (you know what that is)
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COMMENTS:
Somehow I stumbled over this old one and had to have a go. - petaj, 2007-03-07: 03:28:00
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Hairpinion
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: hair-pin-yun
Sentence: It was everyone's hairpinion that Martha's constant hairstyle changes reflected her moods. If she was having a good day her hair looked well groomed, but if she had a fight with her boyfriend she looked pretty ratty.
Etymology: hair + hairpin: a little metal thing which is used to keep hair out of one's face + opinion: a conclusion that was based on belief instead of concrete facts.
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COMMENTS:
A neat and stylish word. I bet your hair looks good today! - jrogan, 2009-07-30: 09:06:00
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Hairnalysis
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: Hair-nal-i-sys
Sentence: I recognized her depression immediatly through hairnalysis.
Etymology: Hair + analysis
Doodify
Created by: Coolfool
Pronunciation: Doo + defy
Sentence: After one look at Janey this morning, I doodified that she probably didn't even make it home last night, and she wasn't the one to ask favors from today.
Etymology: Doo, from her (hair)do, dify from identify.
Pilidivinate
Created by: torgo
Pronunciation: pilly-div-in-ate.
Sentence: I have mastered the art of pilidivination. see that girl over there? Total nutter.
Etymology:
Prostyling
Created by: kdhills
Pronunciation: Pro-Stie-ling
Sentence: The TSA has come under fire in recent weeks for the supposedly prostyling travelers and administering unnecessary secondary screenings.
Etymology: Profiling + Styling
Strandalyze
Created by: riflesandkids74
Pronunciation: strand-uh-lyz
Sentence: When riding the subway each morning, I sometimes strandalyze some of the passengers (Even those wearing hats).
Etymology: strand + analyze
Cheveaxappeal
Created by: paperpieces
Pronunciation: Sheh-voah-AH-peal
Sentence: "Hey man, look at her! Her body is bumpin'" "Yeah dude...uhhh, but her cheveauxappeal ain't workin' for me..."
Etymology: Cheveaux- French for hair, -appeal meaning attraction
Comments:
chris - 2006-12-01: 11:32:00
I like 'coiffology'.....
wordmeister - 2006-12-01: 11:49:00
I like hairballogy, but then again I created it. I guess it's lucky we can't vote for our own words...
CHANGES TO VOTING AND SCORING
Due to popular demand we are changing the voting and scoring rules. Here is how the new setup works:
1. Voting: Each player gets two "plus" Votes (Against votes have been eliminated.)
2. Creativity Points: You get 4 points for creating a word, 4 points for creating a sentence, plus 1 point each for the pronunciation and etymology.
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NOTE 2: We have made the changes but it may have unintended consequences. Let us know if anything screws up...
chris - 2006-12-01: 13:01:00
...good of you to be so objective about things, wordmeister :)
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-01: 13:42:00
I like it alot - sometimes the sentences are better than the words. This will encourage all of us with fragile egos
wordmeister - 2006-12-01: 13:54:00
Check out the revised player standing -- chris and Jabberwocky are neck and neck. This could get vicious! Oh wait... They removed the negative voting. Dang!
ChrisCarrk - 2006-12-01: 15:57:00
it seems menthairity is a really funny word, rock on!
wordmeister - 2006-12-01: 23:39:00
Hey Bjorn, Nice one with 'Salonalysis'. It's from different angle...
splendiction - 2009-07-30: 23:21:00
yes, and Mona (Lisa) has that mysterious smile, too! Excellent word
artipt - 2018-12-03: 19:28:00
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