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DEFINITION: v. To carefully shave your facial hair into a style which advertises your political allegiance, sexual orientation, or taste in music. n. Stylized facial hair.
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Parliamenthairy
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)
Republichin
Created by: HubbMU
Pronunciation: republi-chin
Sentence: Due to his staunch Conservative leanings, Christopher proudly displayed his republichin.
Etymology: Republican and chin
Dopiary
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: doh peeee ar eeee
Sentence: Her eccentrically patterned beard rash said it all. He was a dope and he had the dopiary to prove it
Etymology: topiary, dope
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COMMENTS:
The tree where the last of the seven dwarves lives...good answer - Nosila, 2009-11-18: 15:16:00
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Newaveshave
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)
Primpilgate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: PRIM-Pil-geyt
Sentence: Cincinnati: the city of curly hair; pilosophy: only 59% original; fuzznick, scores of google-hits there, too; hairmony, - not a bad word, but does it fit the definition? What about a platterpilar: might be a bit of a bad hair day when "she" turns into a butterfly. Think I'll have to settle for primpilgate: it's about the best, and most original, I can come up with. Phew, it's been a tough week verbotomising.
Etymology: Blend of PRINK: preen, prettify, prink; PILOSE: hair, hairy and PROMULGATE: make publicly known"
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COMMENTS:
excellent etymology and I applaud your efforts to create original words - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-16: 11:51:00
Methinks the top of your head has come off.
SAY NO MORE! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-16: 20:15:00
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Raveshave
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: rayve/shayve
Sentence: With a clever raveshave and applying glitter, he was able to jump around like a living glow stick
Etymology: rave + shave
Stubbullizing
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Stu-bul-lize-ing
Sentence: Miss Prickly Stubberstein thought she was so hot with her new stubbullizing design she shaped into her hormonal five o'clock shadow.
Etymology: Stub - Facial Whiskers that need to be shaved. Bullizing - Thee main part of a design in facial hair. ;)
Phairomonize
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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Epilaccasion
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ep il a kay shun
Sentence: Julian Kallender loved the seasons and holidays in the year. To celebrate each he would grow his whiskers and then cut our appropriate shapes on his facial hair. He called each his epilaccasion. For Valentine's Day, little hearts;for St.Pat's Day, shamrocks, of course; for Easter, eggs and bunnies; for Cinco de Mayo, some maracas; for July 1, a maple leaf; for July 4, Uncle Sam; for Labor Day, a hammer & sickle;for Thanksgiving, a turkey and for Christmas, holly and Santas. When his favourite teams were in the play-offs, did their logos. For New Year's though, he always did the same thing: he shaved his face and head bald to give them a rest and slather them in lotion until his skin healed. His friends knew the occasions, just by looking at The Kallender!
Etymology: Epilate (remove body hair) & Occasion (reason; an opportunity to do something;an event that occurs at a critical time)
Stubbelief
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: stub-ul-eef
Sentence: after 7 hours in the bathroom, it seemed he had taken stubbelief to a new level
Etymology: stubble, belief
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Bulletchewer.
Thank you Bulletchewer! ~ James
Another Verbotomy Splinterview: Jedijawa's Right-Brain Read about it in the Verbotomy Blog.
mplsbohemian - 2007-05-02: 10:58:00
That picture is so disturbing on so many levels.
mplsbohemian - 2007-05-02: 11:01:00
Um, oy, that must have come off so transphobic. :\
About the picture... I have received a suggestion that this young lady's allegiances are less than clear, so I have prepared an alternative portrait. Please see: Being Clear About our Allegiances. Thanks ~ James
Jabberwocky - 2007-05-02: 12:59:00
Yikes!! the options are even more disturbing - pretty soon she'll look like Chewbacca
purpleartichokes - 2007-05-02: 13:26:00
OMG! It's an American Hairwolf in Toondon! (Or perhaps she has a hairmone problem.)
wordmeister - 2007-05-02: 16:30:00
Chewytobacca? I wonder what JediJawa thinks of that?
Bulletchewer - 2007-05-02: 16:45:00
Always love stirring up debate, but credit's due the artist. For some strange reason forgotten in a dream, I only ever thought of this definition applying to the male of the species...
wordmeister - 2007-05-02: 17:26:00
It appears as if this wampeter definitely needs a waxing!
lumina - 2008-07-17: 00:23:00
OMG! I WON! MY FIRST! EXCITING! Do I get a trophy? ha...what fun. Thanks guys!