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DEFINITION: v., To shed one's skin in an effort to appear younger or healthier. n. The little bits peeling skin caused by overexposure to direct sunlight.
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Fleshables
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: FLESH uh buhls
Sentence: What Rover liked best when Jennifer tanned was the smoke flavored fleshables she left in the bed.
Etymology: Inspired by the product "Flushables." (flesh) + (-ables: suffix)
Sanexuviate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: san-ex-oo-VEE-ate
Sentence: It started for Bob when he melded the Dylan classic, "Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now" with the Beach Boy's, "Sun, Sun, Sun." And for him it became his mantra for a more solubrious life. He believed that hours of sunbaking helped him to sanexuviate and rejuvexuviate, and was a sure way to a more youthful and healthier look.
Etymology: Sanexuviate: A blend of "san": health & "exuviate": to shed the skin. Rejuvexuviate: regaining of youthfulnees through shedding of the skin. Solubrious: A blend of "sol" :sun & salubrious"favorable to health.
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COMMENTS:
love your sentences - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-17: 11:22:00
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Dermockracy
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: der mok ra see
Sentence: Chris sunbathed too hard and always ended up burning and shedding away her skin. She felt this dermockracy made her appear more youthful by having the sun exfoliate for her. Instead she was becoming melabnormal.
Etymology: Derma (skin) & Mock (fool, copy, imitate) and WordPlay on Democracy (the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group)
Sluffle
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sləfəl
Sentence: If beauty is skin deep, Liz is up to her eyeballs in gorgeous. As she sluffles along through life, she does her best to make to a good first impression but often leaves a bigger impression when she departs. Unfortunately when she gets nervous, she sheds skin much faster than normal. She would have landed the job as the spokeslizard for Geico if she hadn*t shed 3 layers and interviewed looking pink.
Etymology: sluff (slough): shed + shuffle: walk by dragging one*s feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground
Icksfoliate
Created by: ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: iks-foe-lee-ayt
Sentence: She realized her attempt to icksfoliate prior to her high school reunion went awry when her old crush noticed that the shaved parmesan on her fettucine was in fact her own icksfoliation.
Etymology: exfoliate + ick!
Dermabairnsion
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: durma/bearn/shun
Sentence: The new medical procedure dermabairnsion ensures skin as smooth as a baby's bottom.
Etymology: dermabrasion + bairn (baby)
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COMMENTS:
Derma & bairn: great word element blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-17: 18:25:00
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Malanim
Created by: Sarai17spk
Pronunciation: mal-an-im
Sentence: i have a malanim about today.
Etymology: mal- bad anim- mind, feeling, life
Extenderm
Created by: juliadeboard
Pronunciation: ex-ten-durm
Sentence: After a sunny day at the beach, Christie spent hours extenderming her burnt skin even though she knew that it would leave scars.
Etymology: ex- out completely ten(u)- stretched, thin derm- skin
Fervolus
Created by: scaredboy617
Pronunciation: Fur-vuh-less
Sentence: The soup is very fervolus.
Etymology: Boily
Vetercorporless
Created by: delanybug
Pronunciation: vet-er-o-corp-less
Sentence: The veterocorpless lady is thinner and petite each time I see her in the nursing home when I come to visit.
Etymology: old body smaller of
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176, and inspired by the fact that I got a little sunburn yesterday -- even though it's September. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
rikboyee - 2007-09-17: 04:01:00
its a new one!! oh happy day!!!!
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James