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DEFINITION: v. To tease, ridicule or twitter about someone who has made a fashion mistake. n. A materialistic twit who feels it's their duty to inform others when fashion standards have not been met.
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Sartoricist
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sar tori sist
Sentence: ChiChi & Fadima set themselves up as the two fashionistas in the accounting office. They set the trends and mocked those who did not. They were so vicious about it that the wags in the office dubbed them the Dresstapo. Fadima went too far when she ridiculed the new girl, Mensa, in payables. Mensa did not even try to compete in the office fashion Olympics and satoricist that she was, Fadima made fun of her at every opportunity. Wasn't she surprised when Mensa was promoted over her and ChiChi and made their new boss. Yes, accounting can be accrual world, even when you are trendy!
Etymology: Sartorial (of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring, clothing, appearance) & Satiricist (someone who ridicules with satire)
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COMMENTS:
Mensa's got intelligent style! What will she do as their boss? -rise above? (Dresstapo - love it!) - splendiction, 2009-07-24: 16:33:00
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Fashionazi
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fash - uh - NOT - zee
Sentence: Eva was a heartless fashionazi who couldn't resist tossing out blistering assessments of what she considered to be fashion blunders by others, especially those who were above her on the social registry.
Etymology: blend of 'fashion' and 'nazi'
Ragtagteam
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ragtagtēm
Sentence: Doris was delighted when a couple of the girls from accounting invited her to lunch on her first day at her new job. What she couldn’t have known was they were going to ragtagteam her about her outfit. They took turns belittling her in every way. By the end of the meal she was in tears. Like a couple of K&G double agents the duo of fashionistas had disappeared into the crowd leaving Doris with a crushed spirit and the bill.
Etymology: rag (fashion) rag (rebuke severely) ragtag (untidy, disorganized) tagteam (a pair of wrestlers who fight as a team)
Streason
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: Stree-son
Sentence: The office girls loved nothing more than gabbling in the canteen about petunia's latest act of streason, wearing last season's fashion this season...well i mean you just wouldn't would you, i would just die if i was seen dead in the full length puffball this summer, i mean oh my god...and with those shoes etc
Etymology: season+treason = fashion crime
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like they were doing verbal strip tease... - wordmeister, 2008-06-06: 17:10:00
We have a word for girls like that at work...a coven! - Nosila, 2008-06-06: 20:13:00
Very clever. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-08: 19:06:00
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Meanolice
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: mean-oh-leece
Sentence: Jinxette Whitchy and Axie Smutt, felt it was their fashionista duty to constantly meanolice poor lil Annatet Trailoret's fashion choices on a daily basis. Picking on Annatet, was the only way they were able to feel superior in their printed polyester Pawmart frocks.
Etymology: Mean- Selfish in a petty way; unkind. Cruel, spiteful, or malicious,Miserly; stingy. olice- taken in part of the word Police-To regulate, control, or keep in order with or as if with a law or (Fashion) enforcement agency.
Fadger
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fad/ger
Sentence: Jenny was a stuck up fashion bitch who loved to fadger anyone not wearing the latest coloured co-oridinated style.
Etymology: FADGER - verb - from FAD (a temporary fashion) + BADGER (to harass, pester, nag)
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like they had the latest in fadaggery! - wordmeister, 2008-06-06: 17:13:00
Good word. "Fadger-badger" also sounds good. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-08: 19:10:00
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Voguard
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: voh-gahrd
Sentence: Heather and Tonya are all too ready to let every woman in their office know when they have made a fashion faux pas. These voguards have mastered the not-quite-soft-enough whisper to comment on any infraction they see. So beware. These mavens of haute couture could inflict a designer shiner to the reputation of the chic bleak. Heaven help anyone who succumbs to the concept of "Casual Fridays".
Etymology: vogue (something in fashion, as at a particular time) + guard (to keep under close watch in order to prevent escape, misconduct, etc.)
Coutourdeforce
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: coo/toor/de/fors
Sentence: Julia was a coutourdeforce and would relentlessly critique wardrobe malfunctions.
Etymology: couture + tour de force
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COMMENTS:
- excellent word! - splendiction, 2009-07-24: 16:38:00
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Comments:
Today's definition is inspired by Dana Stevens's movies review of Sex and the City on Slate where she says that, "I honestly believe, as I wrote when the series finale aired in 2004*, that Sex and the City is singlehandedly responsible for a measurable uptick in the number of materialistic twits in New York City and perhaps the world." Now that something to twitter about ~ James
splendiction - 2009-07-24: 16:36:00
- excellent word!