DEFINITION: n., A fashion item so old that it has gone out of and come back into style. v., To save outdated clothing hoping that it will come back into style.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Revogue: /ree voeg/ It is true that if you hang onto something long enough, it will come back into style. Sally was delighted to find a trunk of her Mom’s swinging sixties and seventies clothes in the attic. Why pay top dollar for revogue copies, when she could get a whole new, skimpy wardrobe for free? That was the only way she could sneak past her father and convince him that she was the height of fashion, not out on the game. In the old days, he’d been so busy trying to get her Mom out of her clothes that he did not recognize them…EEWWWW! Etymology: Re (to do again;repeat) & Vogue ( the popular taste at a given time) also sounds like revoke (annul by recalling or rescinding) Created by: Nosila.
Refab: /re-fab/ Lily’s dash for the last bus home left her standing red faced with her skirt around her ankles in the middle of the high street. Original it may have been but the trouble with refab’s is that, over time, the elastic tends to perish. Etymology: recycle – to produce useful materials which can be used again. Fabric – cloth or woven material Created by: wordslikevenom.
Rethread: /rēθredz/ Lewis has saved all of his best clothing from his teens hoping that the fashion will come around again. He even wears these rethreads occasionally. All of his friends say no to the Hammer pants. Etymology: retread (put a new tread on a worn tire) + threads (clothes) Created by: artr.
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