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DEFINITION: v. To have a favorite article of clothing with which you develop a personal, and even a deeply fulfilling, relationship. n. A much loved article of clothing.
Verboticisms
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Garbophile
Created by: Hilary
Pronunciation: garb/o/phy/le
Sentence: Alice is quite the garbophile, she has been known to cuddle up on the couch with those slippers.
Etymology: garb (clothing), phile (love)
Kinshirt
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: kinn-shirt
Sentence: This shirt had been with him everywhere, like Linus and his blanket. This kinshirt began when he had his first kiss, then when he graduated from law school, when he ran his first marathon, and when he climbed Mt. Everest. Each and every milestone his shirt was there. Whether it was on his head, around his waist or on his back it was there.
Etymology: kinship + shirt
Veteish
Created by: vrollins
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I have such a vetish about my new scarf.
Etymology: vetement - french for clothing, and fetish - obsession
Happarel
Created by: knickers
Pronunciation: Hap-a-rel
Sentence: This clothing store doesn't sell ordinary apparel - it sells happarel.
Etymology: From happy, apparel
Garmentraction
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: gar-ment-TRAK-shun
Sentence: I'm so garmentracted to this shirt, I can't get rid of it even though it's super old and full of holes!
Etymology: garment + attraction
Clothophile
Created by: zephris
Pronunciation: [klohth-uh-fahyl]
Sentence: Psychologists have been studying a clothophile in order to understand the latest trends in fashion.
Etymology: (cloths)+(love of - phile): clothophile
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COMMENTS:
- zephris, 2006-12-14: 10:21:00
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Adoredrobe
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: ah-dor-drohb
Sentence: Stacey was a passionate adoredrobe. She loved her new top. She was completely wowed by her new skirt. She ecstatic about her new shoes. And with her new bag... it all came together so perfectly that she was panting with joy. Which made it a bit awkward for the other people on the bus.
Etymology: adore + wardrobe
Glovestruck
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: gluv - struk
Sentence: Ohhh the leather, mmmm the smell, woow the color....Mitsy was simply glovestruck when she saw the ten elegant fingers and then felt the smoothness of the wrist. First her hands were all wobbly and then the feeling spread to her soul. She had to have these gloves and once she owned them, she knew they would be with her for a long, long time.
Etymology: gloves, love, lovestruck
Apparomance
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: app-a-ro-mans
Sentence: I think Rachel is having an apparomance with her new handbag. She takes it everywhere and stares at it.
Etymology: apparel; romance
Comments:
Jonno - 2006-12-14: 04:40:00
Hi all! New to this and it's fun, but here's my 3 cents worth... 1. Placing the most voted-for words at the top of the list biases the voting. 2. Words entered earlier are subject to more votes. Could you not take all the entries before voting begins? Or have voting for yesterday's word while today's definitions are open? 3. You should add the part of speech to the definition (verb, noun, etc). I think the celeverer words are the ones which match the definition. 4. Please make these comment boxes a bit bigger! Thanks, Jon.
Hey Jonno, Thanks for your suggestions. They are all good! We are working on way to divide players/words into smaller groups, which will change the way verboticisms are listed, and the way voting happens. Stay tuned... In terms of the "part of speech", we actually had that in earlier, but took it out because people didn't like it. We could add it back... What do you guys think? Thanks for playing! ~ James
ErWenn - 2006-12-14: 12:14:00
I've just joined, and so far, every definition has been for a verb, but most of them lend themselves better to nouns. For example, it's easier to name a disease or condition than it is to give a word that describes succumbing to such a condition. Most of the winning words are nouns, as you can see. I think you should either formally open it up for any part of speech communicating the idea, choose the part of speech for each definition more carefully, or strictly enforce matching the part of speech of the definition.
philip - 2006-12-14: 12:31:00
Nice idea, look forward to playing :) Agree with Jonno on all points, especially the problem that entries made earlier will automatically get more votes...
verbatul - 2006-12-14: 12:35:00
James, the parts of speech is a great idea! It seems that we have a lot of clever people suggesting words so I don't think any creativity will be suffer. In fact, it may inspire more ingenuity. Great game!
I think that we might take a tip from ErWenn keep it formally open to all parts of speech, but then allow players to create variants for specific part of speech (e.g, a verb, a noun, an adj,) and award bonus points for the extra creativity. ~ James
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