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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.
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Hurtcouture
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: hurt-koo-TOOr
Sentence: Chicophant and hurtcouture, were but two words to describe Bob and Roxie's strange and often grotesque grooming.
Etymology: Blend of HURT: to feel or suffer bodily or mental pain or distress & COUTURE: very fashionable, having the style, quality of fashion. CHICOPHANT:(SHEEK-uh-fuh-nt) from (chic & cophant of sycophant): fashionable, self-seeking, servile flatterer.
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COMMENTS:
Love it Oz! - purpleartichokes, 2008-04-08: 19:04:00
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Garbgaffe
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: garb-gaffe (rhyme with giraffe)
Sentence: Rico, not realizing the garbgaffe of wearing skinny jeans, was unable to walk nor get enough circulation to his thighs. He would later have them surgically remove aforementioned skinny jeans.
Etymology: From the words garb (clothing) and gaffe (unrealized mistake)
Loopsy
Created by: dennisrussis
Pronunciation: lup-si
Sentence: Being a real loopsy her dress gronded other bobbysockers at the party.
Etymology: loop + fancy
Fashism
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n.) fāsh'ĭz'əm, (adj.) fāsh'ĭst
Sentence: Rudolf walked away from a lucrative career in public relations because of his aversion to the dress code fashism of suit-and-tie thuggery.
Etymology: fash[ion] + [fasc]ism
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
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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Fadiscomfiture
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: fad-dis-com-fit-ure
Sentence: Jill's sheek thigh boots caused her fadiscomfiture. Her feet became deformed, and she has open lesions on her toes. But hey, it's the coolest trend, and she looks marvelous!
Etymology: fad, as in fasion/discomfiture, as in injury
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COMMENTS:
At least she'sm keeping afoot of the trends! - Nosila, 2008-04-08: 20:36:00
At least she'sm keeping afoot of the trends! - Nosila, 2008-04-08: 20:36:00
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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)
Gagrag
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gagrag
Sentence: Though he hated the choking feeling they induced and the ridiculous expense Tom knew that to get ahead as a manager he had to conform and wear a gagrag. His only solace is that someday when he owned his own company he would outlaw the stranglestrap.
Etymology: gag (choke or retch) + rag (a piece of old cloth)
Accessorry
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ak-ces-sor-ee
Sentence: Matt realized that the peacock blue sequin jacket was an accessorry that didn't help him achieve his goal of becoming police chief, especially when the city council members stared at him in disbelief. "Perhaps it's a bit over the top," he thought. "Next time I'll go with the periwinkle scarf."
Etymology: accessory: something nonessential that contributes to an effect + sorry: feeling regret or shame
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COMMENTS:
Making a fashion statement....clever. - mweinmann, 2009-05-27: 09:51:00
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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