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DEFINITION: n., The deep red lines and/or furrows, which appear on a person's face after they have slept on wrinkled or creased bed sheets. v., To wake up and discover that your face matches your wrinkled bed sheets.
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Rinkbaef
Created by: coolkids58
Pronunciation:
Sentence: you have big rinkbaefs
Etymology:
Kipanwrinkle
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Kip-an-rink-el
Sentence: When Lucy awoke from her slumber she as horrified to discover that she was suffering the kipanwrinkle syndrome. Everything was clear when she looked at her sheets and saw how crumpled they were.
Etymology: Kip(to sleep) + wrinkle(a line or fold in the skin of the face) = Kipanwrinkle. See also Rip Van Winkle(a short story of a villager of Dutch descent, who slept or twenty years
Myfaultlines
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: my fault lines
Sentence: The wrinkled sheets left myfaultlines all over the left side of my face. It was like an "I can't get no" relief map of the Himilayas. I would need to use a tectonic plate of moisturizer to smooth it out.
Etymology: My + fault lines
Rumpledstillskin
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: rum peld still skin
Sentence: Despite ironing her Wabassos before bed each night, Josie and her husband, Max, woke up with Rumpledstillskin each morning. Each birthday they would joke that she should iron their Birthday Suits to get out the wrinkles! She knew it was hopeless, but she pressed on. Iron-ically, her name in Swedish was Irene Ingboard!
Etymology: Rumpled (having wrinkles) & Still (despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)) & Skin (Epidermis, Outer layer;a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch)& Rhymes with Rumpelstiltskin (a dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself)
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COMMENTS:
genius! - galwaywegian, 2008-10-22: 07:33:00
Another good one! - lumina, 2008-10-22: 18:38:00
http://www.natives.co.uk/news/2002/0502/08iron.htm - metrohumanx, 2008-10-23: 17:21:00
Metro, that's imPRESSive! - Nosila, 2008-10-25: 00:28:00
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Stredtch
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /stredtʃ/
Sentence: I'm sick of my unseen stretch marks, I don't want to bear with some visible and RED ones too!
Etymology: STREDTCH. From Stretch mark (A shiny line on the skin of the abdomen, breasts, thighs, or buttocks that is often lighter than the surrounding skin and is caused by the stretching and weakening of elastic tissues as a result of pregnancy or obesity, for example) + Red (A pigment or dye having a red hue)
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COMMENTS:
Stredtch marks are rediculous without getting them from your laundry! - Nosila, 2008-10-22: 21:43:00
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Sleepleat
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sleep/pleet
Sentence: It was difficult to deny that she'd fallen asleep when her face was riddled with sleepleats.
Etymology: sleep + pleat
Wrinklace
Created by: sipsoccer
Pronunciation: (rink-lace)
Sentence: I woke up this morning and discovered i had wrinklace on my face.
Etymology: wrinkl- derived from wrinkle ace- derived from face
Pillowface
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌpɪloʊˈfeɪs/
Sentence: Pillowface is much worse when your pillow is something other than an actual pillow, such as a spiral notebook, a keyboard, or a steering wheel.
Etymology: From pillow + face. Sounds a little like "pillowcase".
Pritters
Created by: glamgal23
Pronunciation: pritt-ers
Sentence: I woke up with pritters on my face from the pillow.
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
By the way, Stevenson0's crazy shopping word, "Dealusional", was published in Toronto Star as one of Top the Invented Words of the Week. See: http://www.verbotomy.com/blog/?p=223. Congratulations to Stevenson0 ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James