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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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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)
Exfoliaged
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ex-fol-ee-aged
Sentence: Instead of looking younger, Lucy's skin was so exfoliaged that she eventually started to look like an antique piece of leather, demonstrating the many years of sun-worshiping in her back yard.
Etymology: exfoliate: to remove layers of bark or skin;peel + foliage: leaves on plants and trees + aged: being of advanced age
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
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
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
Antiveterous
Created by: 719985
Pronunciation: anti-vet-er-OS
Sentence: Ever since I got my antiveterous procedure, I've had so many hot men asking for my number!
Etymology: Anti - not + veter - old + -ous - having the character of
Frizzlepichafe
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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Tenudermal
Created by: nicolebolavage
Pronunciation: ten-u-derm-al
Sentence: She got a tenudermal in order to appear younger.
Etymology: tenu-stretch derm-skin mal-bad
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
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
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