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DEFINITION: n. A fashion accessory or style of dress which purports to improve one's appearance and attitude, but actually does the opposite. v. To follow a fashion dictum in an effort to improve your social standing even when it causes physical discomfort.
Verboticisms
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Versouchie
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ver-sow-chee
Sentence: she decided to go through her wardrobe and throw away anything remotely Versouchie
Etymology: versace, ouchie
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-08: 11:58:00
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Bolaconstrictor
Created by: Kennecticut
Pronunciation: bowla con strictor; bolo or bola is correct
Sentence: During his presentation to the Texas Bolo Tie Corp on how to squeeze out another drop of profits. His bola tie works it`s way tighter and tighter like a true boloconstrictor they have been manufacturing until his face is beet red and is near wheezing, demonstrating the major force behind the companies falling profits and presenters
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COMMENTS:
funny - bookowl, 2008-04-09: 16:07:00
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Garbagenda
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: garb+agenda
Sentence: Why do you wear that garbagenda instead of something comfortable?
Etymology: garb+agenda
Azzcesortized
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Azz-ces-or-tized
Sentence: Lilly was squeezed tight...while Leo's rear was azzcesortized in his latex corset.
Etymology: Azz-(Figured that one out...) cesortized - to be traumatised by your accessories and clothing.
Mytieurcorset
Created by: beera
Pronunciation: my-tie-your-corset
Sentence: An early morning John said to his wife that 'Honey!lets dress up mytieurcorset and go to work as we our getting late!'.
Etymology:
Chicgrin
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: sheek/grin
Sentence: It was with mixed emotions and an attitude of chicgrin that she wore the latest all wool full body designer suit to the red carpet movie premiere.
Etymology: chic (fashionable) + grin and bear it + chagrin (annoyance, discomfiture)
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COMMENTS:
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-08: 21:39:00
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Ghettup
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: geht-uhp
Sentence: He thought his ghettup gave him street cred and made him look tuff, but wearing his jeans so low that the waist band sat below his butt, and the crotch hung down to his knees caused him to walk like Marilyn Monroe in a tight skirt.
Etymology: alternative spelling of getup (a style or arrangemet of dress, esp. an elaborate or unusual one) + ghetto (a part of a city, esp. a slum area, occupied by a minority group)
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COMMENTS:
another best word for the day should be another winner, and a nice brief sentence, not an anthology - DrWebster111, 2009-05-31: 12:16:00
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Abcessory
Created by: moonquakes
Pronunciation: ab-sess-o-ree
Sentence: As Joel saw it, Karen's tie was no less offensive to his senses than the bloody pustule he once bravely bore on his 11 year-old wrist for a whole month after his 5th grade 'girlfriend' broke up with him by stabbing him with a pencil -- it was, in other words, an abscessory.
Etymology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abscess
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COMMENTS:
damn, I spelled it wrong. I meant 'abscessory.' - moonquakes, 2010-06-14: 23:18:00
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Hurtcouture
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hurrt koo chooor
Sentence: Her obsession with hurtcouture ended tragically when she took her own life by jumping from her jimmy choo stilettoes,
Etymology: haut couture hurt
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COMMENTS:
Poor Sole! - Nosila, 2010-06-17: 23:45:00
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Fashum
Created by: Softbagel14
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: fash- as in fashion -um as in 'um, why on earth are they wearing that?'
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James
stache - 2008-04-08: 18:32:00
clam hammock. heh, heh.
purpleartichokes - 2008-04-08: 19:07:00
Ha!
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James
DrWebster111 - 2009-05-31: 12:10:00
EXCELLENT WORD ANOTHER WINNER SOUNDS GREAT SENTENCE TOO, AS USUAL, (AND BRIEF NOT AN ANTHOLOGY LIKE OTHER VERBOTOMISTS
PennonFurl - 2018-06-14: 05:05:00