Verboticisms

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: wiss-con-sin-ners

Sentence: In one particular state, men who were convicted of a crime and sent to the state penitentiary were made to shave their heads but grow their whiskers long to show that they were convicts. They were known as the Whiscons because of their distinctive beards and attire. Once day a Franciscan friar who was quite a gifted preacher came to convert the convicts. He was so persuasive that the entire jail repented of their sins and were baptized. They all shaved their beards into the form of a cross to show that they were "Whisconsinners" and spent the rest of their sentences doing fasting, penance and good works. The men who were sentenced to life with no parole began a Priory at the jail where they specialized in making delicious cheeses, jellies and license plates. They were called the Little Brothers of the Whiscon Cross which was eventually shortened to "Whiskers." The unfortunate brothers who were on death row were called Fryers.

Etymology: whiskers: facial hair + con: person imprisoned for a crime + sinner: one who commits a sin

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: hāərēətīp

Sentence: Billy has adopted the haireotype of the local motorcycle group. At least 80% of the group*s mambers have taken on the shaved head, goatee look. She had to work extra hard to grow the chin fur.

Etymology: hair (any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans) + stereotype (a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing)

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Created by: Jeaneai

Pronunciation: Stuh Bul Stie el

Sentence: Gosh, did you see Tom's mustache yesterday? Is it just me or did it kind of look like Al Gore's ear?

Etymology: Stubble, Style

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Created by: HubbMU

Pronunciation: republi-chin

Sentence: Due to his staunch Conservative leanings, Christopher proudly displayed his republichin.

Etymology: Republican and chin

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: bic-spress-shun

Sentence: Jill used bicspression to express her sexual oreintation as heterosexual. The bad thing is her excess body hair led people to believe she is indeed a gay man. Poor Jill is so misunderstood.

Etymology: bic, a type of razor/expression

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: nu wayv shayv

Sentence: Part of Stephanie's's remorphosis was to start barbering the added facial hair that came with her testosterone treatments. It was called a newaveshave and soon, she became Stephen and could shave daily to his/her heart's content.

Etymology: New Waqve (any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field) & Shave (the act of removing hair with a razor)

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: DAWG-MUH-TOE-MEEE-UH

Sentence: Mickey was very proud of her DOGMATOMIA. She had clearly spent hours shaving or tweezing her facial hair into a personal proclamation of pure pugnacity rather than submit simperingly to the recalcitrant regrowth on her upper lip area. The problem is, nobody knew what statement she was trying to make.... besides "go away".

Etymology: DOGMA+TOMIA... DOGMA- a strongly held belief not to be questioned... -TOMIA-Greek suffix meaning to cut or shave...

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COMMENTS:

Here's Metrohumanx' pick o' the day: http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/hall/main.php - metrohumanx, 2008-07-16: 20:05:00

Brave try; looks and sounds nice. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-17: 06:52:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈʍɪskɚˌkoʊd/

Sentence: The Whiskercode is very subtle and finicky; a few hairs is all it takes to go from "neo-Nazi" to "silent-film fanatic."

Etymology: From whisker + code, as in the "handkerchief code"

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: dee-pihl-IHT-ihs-ize

Sentence: Alex depiliticised to look boho; unfortunately, his date thought he looked more pomo.

Etymology: depiliate (to shave) + politicise

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COMMENTS:

very clever - petaj, 2007-05-02: 23:55:00

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Created by: TimTheEnchanter

Pronunciation: man-ih-FACE-toe

Sentence: Chadwick and Geoffrey looked at each other knowingly as Lenny walked into the room. They would be on the golf course in no time because this would be a very short interview. They could tell by his manifaceto that Lenny's ideology would not mesh with the straight-laced culture of their corporate law firm.

Etymology: MANIFESTO - a declaration of ones views + FACE = a facial manifesto

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COMMENTS:

excellent word - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-16: 11:58:00

Hahahahaha ! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-16: 20:12:00

Ha! You are good! - lumina, 2008-07-16: 21:15:00

Great - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-17: 06:39:00

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