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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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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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Grandtend
Created by: smstone0413
Pronunciation: Gr-and-tend
Sentence: The woman proceeded to grandtend the skin on her face.
Etymology: Grand- Great Tend- To stretch
Embrell
Created by: leeannhamers
Pronunciation: m-br-elle
Sentence:
Etymology: embaressment - pell
Sloughveterderma
Created by: kelseyslack
Pronunciation: slof-ve-ter-derm-a
Sentence: i am suffering from sloughveterderma and it is really painful and i am embarrassed by it.
Etymology: slough-to cast away veter-old derm-skin
Moltiplacation
Created by: phonematode
Pronunciation: mohl-ti-play-cay-shun
Sentence: She attempted to mollify her inner youth worshipper by addressing her times table through moltiplacation.
Etymology: molt (to shed) + placate (to calm, appease), + sounds like multiplication; n. moltiplaques = the flakey bits, from plaque (a flat plate, slab, disk, or patch)
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COMMENTS:
Be careful when you look for the good of days of your youth through moltiplication, cos you might just find algebra! Love the word and enjoyed the bizarreness of the sentence. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-17: 20:25:00
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Capitdermal
Created by: YourEnglishPal
Pronunciation: CAP-IT-DER-MAL
Sentence: She was afflicted with an unfortunate capitdermal.
Etymology: Capit-Head Der-skin Mal-Bad
Sloutting
Created by: frenchprof
Pronunciation: not unlike slutting but with slough and slut and ing
Sentence: Going sloutting again today?
Etymology: American English of tanning salons, slang. Comes from "slukt": "snaked of melingnoma"
Skinsear
Created by: enatefox
Pronunciation: skin-sere
Sentence: The sincere doctor skinseared my face with a belt sander.
Etymology: probably mongolian
Magnimale
Created by: Freepiehere
Pronunciation: Mag-Ni-Male
Sentence: The Oregon Trail quest my family set out on has become a complete MAGNIMALE ever since dad caught dysentery.
Etymology: Magni-Great Mal(e)-bad
Dermappealing
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: der-muh-peel-ng
Sentence: People said Rhonda was a flake but she said she had "dermappeal".
Etymology: derma (skin) + appeal
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