Verboticisms

Created by: danibriggs

Pronunciation: ben-A-durm-a-cure-ul

Sentence: My mother thinks by getting a benedermacural she will look twenty years younger and find a new boyfriend. She is so wrong.

Etymology: bene- good derma-skin cur-care

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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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Created by: enatefox

Pronunciation: skin-sere

Sentence: The sincere doctor skinseared my face with a belt sander.

Etymology: probably mongolian

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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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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: re/gen/er/dy/sis

Sentence: To maintain a youthful look in the 21st century, my anti-aging consultant and health specialist, recommends regenerdysis twice a year.

Etymology: regenerate + ecdysis (The shedding of an outer integument or layer of skin)

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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

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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)

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Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: friz-ull-epp-ee-chay-ff

Sentence: Dude, your frizzlepichafe's showing.

Etymology: Frizzle, (frazzle, fry) + epidermis, (outermost layer of the skin) + chafe, (rub, abrade) = frizzlepichafe

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COMMENTS:

Ha, ha, ha! Sounds like an Italian dirty word. - hyperborean, 2012-10-19: 20:42:00

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Created by: ashrogers1734

Pronunciation: der-ma-tent-less

Sentence: I will dermatentless my face tonight so I can look younger in the morning!

Etymology: derma - skin tent - stretched less - without

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Created by: n3cr0m33p5

Pronunciation: der-ma-molt-in-o-sis

Sentence: Looks like Jessica had a session of dermamoltinosis over her vacation.

Etymology: derma - skin ; molt - to shed ; noun form (dermites) the little peeling bits

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