DEFINITION: n. Creams, potions, and other concoctions which allegedly make you look younger by removing wrinkles, tightening the skin, and removing age spots. v. To apply creams to your skin in a desperate attempt to make yourself look younger.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Hocuspotion: /hoh-kuhs-poh-shuhn/ Despite numerous clues to the contrary Emma fully believes in her favorite hocuspotion to maintain her youthful appearance. Etymology: hocuspocus (sleight of hand) + potion (concoction prepared for mental or physical effect) Created by: artr2.
Koldskream: /cold-screem/ Poor old Trinkle Wilskins’s imported caviar Koldskream gave her quite a fright. She could not figure out why when she looked in the mirror…her Mother appeared instead. Etymology: Cold spelled with a K. and Scream spelled with a K. to be a version of coldcream- Coldcream – a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin
cold cream, face cream, vanishing cream
emollient, ointment, cream – toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin. *If it doesn’t erase 50 years off your face you’ll end up screaming. Created by: abrakadeborah.
Pondsdeleon: /ponds de leeon/ Mother had used her cold cream since anyone could remember, faithfully twice a day, after cleansing. When she looked in the mirror, she saw herself as a younger woman, then the 89 year old person everyone else saw. She always called her beauty secret her pondsdeleon, instead of admitting the fact that she really should get some glasses. Etymology: Pond’s (cold cream used since last century to moisturize skin make it appear youthful) & Ponce de Leon (Spanish explorer who sought the Fountain of Youth, by leading first European expedition to Florida) Created by: Nosila.
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