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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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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
Pubelickface
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pew blik fay ss
Sentence: you could tell from his oversized tonsure that he was the pubelickface of naughty but nice magazine.
Etymology: public face, errr....
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. ;)
Stubbelong
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: STUB eh long
Sentence: Her upper lip advertised that she stubbelonged to that group of women who stridently declare that they DON'T CARE how they look to others, particularly men, whom they claim they DON'T NEED OR WANT. But the real reason they don't have any men around is that they can't get any men to look at them without gagging a little bit.
Etymology: stubble + belong
Razorshade
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: ray-ser-shaydd
Sentence: He would ritually razorshade subliminal messages into each of his cheeks, especially an elephant on the right and a fish with horns on the left.
Etymology: From "razor" meaning "depressive's best friend" and "shade" meaning "shelter from the sun/to only just win/hue".
Depiliticise
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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Barbexpress
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: bar - beks - pres
Sentence: In an effort to barbexpress how bald, stubby and chubby is US President material, George Bush took on some weight, got into a new wardrobe and shaved EVERY INCH of his body. Now, he looks less like a president and more like a bowling ball.
Etymology: barber (to trim hair, to shave) + express (to set forth the opinions and feelings of oneself)
Libertrim
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: lib/er/trim
Sentence: When entering the customs line at the airport, we always sought out the official with the most obvious libertrim who would be open to discussions about us helping him to help us.
Etymology: libertine + trim
Facialization
Created by: Coltsfan87x17
Pronunciation: Fa-cial-i-za-tion
Sentence: The man was unique so he used facialization to describe his personality with his facil hair.
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Bulletchewer.
Thank you Bulletchewer! ~ James
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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!