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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.
Verboticisms
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Skinsosloughed
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: skin-so-sloft
Sentence: Everyone thought Marcy had a bad case of dandruff. No one suspected the white stuff on her shirt was SkinSoSloughed.
Etymology: Product by Avon, slough
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COMMENTS:
very funny!! I laughed out loud when I read this one - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-17: 11:09:00
Glad ya got a chuckle Jabber! - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-17: 16:11:00
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Multitenutemperia
Created by: arandomperson97
Pronunciation: Mult-i-ten-u-tem-per
Sentence: person 1: my skin is peeling right off me! person 2: You have Multitenutemper then, go to the shade!
Etymology: multi- many tenu-stretched, thin (skin) temper-due season
Calixfoliation
Created by: younger
Pronunciation: CAL-iks-fole-e-a-shun
Sentence: California's residents often opt for a "natural" spa treatment over the expensive salon variety. Spending a little time in Cali's smog-filtered sunlight makes for a cheap and effective calixfoliation session.
Etymology: California + Exfoliation
Huskiderm
Created by: Jenna
Pronunciation: huhsk-e-durm
Sentence: My mother went to the Spa for a HUSKIDERM, as she felt it give her a new glow. Two days after being burnt to a crisp by the sun, Sally was leaving bits of HUSKIDERM everywhere.
Etymology: Husk-Epidermis
Corpomalderm
Created by: joshb316
Pronunciation: corp-o-mil-der-m
Sentence: Because of his corpomalderm, Jorge went in for an appointment, and found out he had skin cancer.
Etymology: Corp:Body Mal:Bad Derm:Skin
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)
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
Corporect
Created by: suchipatel
Pronunciation: Cor-puh-rect
Sentence: The "classy" woman led a secret life of fake tans and corporecting.
Etymology: Corpor: Body Rect: Straighten, right To straighten (fix) the body.
Fervolus
Created by: scaredboy617
Pronunciation: Fur-vuh-less
Sentence: The soup is very fervolus.
Etymology: Boily
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!
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