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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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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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Dresshurts
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: dres - herts
Sentence: Carl was required to wear dresshurts to his board meetings. The collars scratched his neck; the cuffs abraded his wrists and his midsection felt girdled.
Etymology: dress, dress shirts, hurts
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COMMENTS:
Good one...you buttoned it down and collared it well! - Nosila, 2009-05-27: 09:24:00
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Embhellishment
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: emb/hell/ish/ment
Sentence: Six inch stylettos are an embhellishment that hurts the spine and causes muscle cramps in the legs but come in very handy as a weapon.
Etymology: embellishment + hellish
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COMMENTS:
Ha! So do steel-toes. - purpleartichokes, 2008-04-08: 09:27:00
Bela, Bela! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-09: 20:56:00
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Fauxchic
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fo-SHEEK
Sentence: While Miriam believed she was very stylish and stunning, the styles she chose were invariably fauxchic, either outdated, recommended by people with trashy fashion sense, or just chosen because of her utterly poor taste.
Etymology: Blend of 'faux' (false) and 'chic' (stylish)
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COMMENTS:
Fee Fye Faux Fum! - Nosila, 2009-05-27: 09:22:00
Fuax No Miriam!!! Fun word. - mweinmann, 2009-05-27: 09:53:00
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Noosence
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: noōsəns
Sentence: Alan is happy with his raise. He has worked hard for it and feels he deserves it. What he doesn't love was the fact that he is now expected to play the corporate dress-up game. He hates ties. At best they are a nuisance, at worse a noosence.
Etymology: noose(a loop with a running knot, tightening as the rope or wire is pulled and typically used to hang people or trap animals) + nuisance (a person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance)
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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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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Sadofashionistic
Created by: queenjane75
Pronunciation: say-dough-fah-shun-is-tick
Sentence: Sara prefers to wear thongs, which the men at work secretly refer to as clam hammocks, but the hammock comparison is far, far from the truth. Thongs are rather sadofashionistic, and, believe me, the un-hammock-like perma-wedgie is not worth that kind of attention from men.
Etymology: sadistic+fashion
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?'
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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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