Verboticisms

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: 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: gātē

Sentence: After Billy came out of the closet he decided that he wanted to make a statement to that effect. What better place to show his orientation than on his face. This week he started sporting a rainbow-tinted gaytee. He may or may not opt for the same treatment to his guybrows.

Etymology: gay (homosexual) + goatee (a small pointed beard)

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: len/in/twist

Sentence: He carefully let the hairs in the centre of his chin grow until they were long enough to fashion into a lenintwist to show his solidarity with the Marxist-Lenintwist philosophy.

Etymology: twist (a type of hair style) + Lenin + Leninist

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COMMENTS:

Excellent - TJayzz, 2008-07-16: 08:29:00

After reading that, i could use a drink...with a twist of lenin. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-16: 20:18:00

Clever twist. I guess he was a "red" head? - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-17: 06:41:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: fair - oh - mone - iz

Sentence: John was careful to phairomonize his facial hair so that he gave off the right "vibes".

Etymology: pheromone (a chemical substance that convey information to and produce specific responses in certain animals, Chemicals that act as sexual attractants) hair, harmonize

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COMMENTS:

Phair enough! - Nosila, 2009-11-18: 23:34:00

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: un-shave-en-ear

Sentence: She was suspicious of men with large sideburns or beards. To her it was a crafty unshaveneer, a façade behind which they hid their evil intent.

Etymology: unshaven (not shaving one's facial hair) + (a superficial appearance or cover)

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Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: mug/toe/pee/ar/ee

Sentence: Brian's fanatical mugtopiary had left him with only two milimetres of eyebrow left but he was hopeful of trying again in a few weeks.

Etymology: mug (slang for face) + topiary (Hedge trimming!)

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COMMENTS:

What a funny word!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-02: 04:42:00

you certainly ARE the verbotomist. - ohwtepph, 2007-05-02: 05:51:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: parly a ment heree

Sentence: To display his interest in parliamentary procedure, Wilfred grew a very parliamenthairy beard. His motto was "I won't cut my beard until you cut my taxes!" He never missed a session in the public gallery for years and when he died sitting during the Question Period, the Speaker announced that the visitor with the very long bushy beard had just expired and they would have to raise taxes to pay for his funeral...

Etymology: Parliamentary (relating to or having the nature of a parliament;in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly) & Hairy (having or covered with hair)

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: patrio-TRIM-ism

Sentence: Barney's patriotrimism was a carefully sculpted and dyed flag in his sideburns.

Etymology: patriotism + trim

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COMMENTS:

oh say can you see, by the torch shaped goatee... - galwaywegian, 2007-05-02: 05:41:00

Advance Australia fur! - petaj, 2007-05-02: 05:49:00

God save our gracious coif - petaj, 2007-05-02: 06:03:00

Oh Mutton Chops our baaaaaaa leader. Don't pull the wool over our eyes!! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-02: 12:17:00

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Created by: Ellemorpheus

Pronunciation: Face-air-tick-you-late

Sentence: His obnoxious styling of his facial hair suggested he was trying to faciarticulate.

Etymology: fac-face iar-hair/facial articulate

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