Verboticisms

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: re-pelth

Sentence: Before leaving for the night out, Alice adorned herself with her best repelth gear including a fake wedding ring, a stained sweatshirt, and pants that were too big.

Etymology: repel + stealth

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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: keep out er ware

Sentence: Stacie put on her keepouterware when she had to go through parts of Harlem to take out cash.

Etymology: Keep out + Outerwear (clothes)

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: rep-pa-rel

Sentence: "That weird girl, Rachel, has shown up wearing her repparel. Ugh, why doe she even bother?"

Etymology: a contraction of "repellent" and "apparel"

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: va-moose-hide

Sentence: Jean knew that she would need to wear her vamoosehide jacket to protect herself from creeps, geeks, lechers, perverts and losers; however, it could be easily removed in case a hottie showed up.

Etymology: vamoose: scram; go-away + hide: skin of an animal that has been tanned and made into clothing

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: blote koot yoor

Sentence: When Gail saw what Maisie was wearing to the dance club, she was horrified. Maisie wore a blue coverall dress that added 30 pounds to her frame, particularily at the waist. She matched it with a pink top, green knee socks, those red chunky plastic crocs and a scowl. She told Gail it was her bloatcouture, designed to repel the guys that might hit on her, by making them think she was fat or pregnant. It worked!

Etymology: Bloat (become bloated or swollen or puff up) & Couture(high fashion designing and dressmaking) & Wordplay on Haute Couture (trend-setting fashions)

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Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: anti + iss + ory

Sentence: These overalls are a great antissory, no one's asked for my number yet!

Etymology: Anti + accessory = antissory

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: oh rah

Sentence: She had an unusual ohra, sometimes more a Beeohra, other days an ohohra.

Etymology: aura oh

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: primp/wimp

Sentence: With a nothing but a bad case of halitosis going for her and a jolly red jumpsuit two sizes too big for her, chances were she was going to win the primpwimp prize of the year at her high school prom.

Etymology: primp + wimp

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Created by: NohWoman

Pronunciation: Ward- Wér

Sentence: Wardah scanned her wardrobe for the perfect hagrag: wardwear that would ward off all the weirdos of who she was weary and all the wicked of whom she was wary. (I think Wardah may end up in a ward of her own...)

Etymology: Ward: from "ward off", to avert, turn away, repel + Wear: clothing.

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: ar/mord/brace/let

Sentence: This armoredbracelet works fantastically - one jolt and they're toast

Etymology: armored + arm bracelet

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COMMENTS:

You're right Porsche - your armoredbracelet would be excellent with my haltsirtop - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-23: 10:26:00

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