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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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Hautecutyours
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: oat cut yers
Sentence: Vinny was all for dressing to kill in his teddy and heels, but his hautecutyours were so tight he got an atomic wedgie and strap tracts in his shoulders.
Etymology: Haute Coutures (trend-setting fashions) & Cut yours (slice)
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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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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Hautefacadism
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: oht-fass-ahd-ism
Sentence: Pat and Gene worked for a upstart tech company that prided itself on acceptance and forward thinking. Casual Fridays seemed so passé that the wearing of jeans seemed quite the conservative costume. Thursdays became Thong Thursdays, Wednesdays became a true Hump Day where employees wore teddies or other intimate gear under their "Librarian" clothes. Titular Tuesdays dress code was provacative, however it was Mix-It-Up Monday's Hautefacadism that took the cake. Employees would often switch clothes or come already clothed in genderbending attire. To help along acceptance, the company planned a workshop on How to Tie a Tie, Walking in Pumps or Stilletos, and How To Accesserize.
Etymology: haute, French High from haute couture + facade, French façade false face + sadism, deriving pleasure from others' pain
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)
Mumubooboo
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: moo moo boo boo
Sentence: The striped overalls, red socks, v-neck sweater and clogs seemed like a cool choice for the power lunch, but as he entered the restaurant Bill realized it had been a big mumubooboo.
Etymology: mumu-hawaiian smock; boo-boo-error
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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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.
Loopsy
Created by: dennisrussis
Pronunciation: lup-si
Sentence: Being a real loopsy her dress gronded other bobbysockers at the party.
Etymology: loop + fancy
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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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