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DEFINITION: n. A person in deep denial who crams into their old clothing which is now somewhat unflattering, and perhaps several sizes too small. v. To wear clothing from your "younger days" just to prove that you still got it.
Verboticisms
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Fashuntweesta
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: feh-shuhn-twees-tah
Sentence: In the year 2025, down at Maliboobie Beach, old Pamela A. in her bikini was known as a fashuntweesta, a real screampuff. My how the years fly by!
Etymology: Blending contemporary term "fashionista" with "shun," meaning to keep away from + "twist," a distortion in form or meaning
Prunetta
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: proon-ETT-eh
Sentence: Jeanetta was well past mid life but convinced she still looked good in revealing clothes, and the poor thing had no idea that friends referred to her as Prunetta because of all the sags, wrinkles and cellulite that gave her a prune like appearance.
Etymology: Blend of 'prune' (dried plum) and a feminine name ending in 'etta'.
Ouchfit
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ouchfit
Sentence: When Carl broke out an old outfit in honor of his class reunion he discovered that it had become an ouchfit. It was not only uncomfortable to wear it hurt his wife. She laughed so hard she pulled muscles. Even the dog was snickering.
Etymology: ouch (used to express pain) + outfit (a set of clothes worn together, typically for a particular occasion or purpose)
Thwrong
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: thrawng
Sentence: At the family beach vacation Grandma thought it was great that she could still fit into her string bikini. Others thought it was just thwrong. To make matters worse Grandpa decided to match her faux pas by strutting around in a banana-hammock Speedow. The cost of the vacation may well be eclipsed by the eventual cost of therapy for the grandchildren.
Etymology: thong (a brief garment for the lower body that exposes the buttocks) + wrong (not correct in action, judgment, opinion, method, etc.)
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COMMENTS:
brilliant! - galwaywegian, 2012-02-28: 07:36:00
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Regretro
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ree-gret-tro
Sentence:
Etymology: regret, retro
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COMMENTS:
hehe - galwaywegian, 2009-05-11: 05:18:00
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-11: 13:40:00
That would be the current 80's fashion revival that seems to be going on.. - dochanne, 2009-05-12: 05:24:00
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Retrohno
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: rhett roh noh
Sentence: He had a body that turned the retro look into the retrohno look, but not the eyesight to notice it.
Etymology: retro oh no
Youthenize
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: yooth-en-ize
Sentence: Whenever Syl would youthenize, Morty just wished he was dead.
Etymology: youth (the condition or quality of being young) + euthanize (the act of painlessly ending the life of a person for reasons of mercy)
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COMMENTS:
Thanks for using my photograph for today's cartoon. (Just kidding.) - hyperborean, 2009-05-11: 09:03:00
short, (sweet )and fast , packs the punch, like a ninja - DrWebster111, 2009-05-12: 21:41:00
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Sadtire
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sad tyre
Sentence: Helen lost 100 pounds and was delighted to be able to get into her old clothes, including her skimpy bikini...one of the first ever made. She thought she looked hip, young and sexy as she showed off her beach wear to her husband Tom. "Don't I look young again?" , she asked him. "You are deluded if you think you are going to sadtire yourself like that on our cruise" he retorted. "The bikini looks great, but you need to iron the wrinkles out of your birthday suit!"
Etymology: Sad (bad; unfortunate) & Attire (put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive)
Decrebuttude
Created by: dochanne
Pronunciation: De-cre-butt-yood
Sentence: Warren nearly had a heart attack when his wife Mabel decided to be a sprungchicken for their summer holiday. Yes, she still fitted that old bikini but it sure was some decrebuttude on her part to wear that in public!
Etymology: Decrepitude - the effects of senescence and gravity on all things fleshy; Rebut - deny or argue against; Butt - one of the first things to be affected by decrepitude and crammed into some Cleopantstrappy (neologism: Cleopatra Queen of De Nial, pants, straps as usu items that decrepitous bodies are crammed into) thing it really shouldn't be; Attitude - showing off, denial, in-your-face, you-got-a-problem-with-that?!; also Rebutt - neologism - re-presentation or make-over of one's butt.
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COMMENTS:
When you speak of Denial, you don't mean deriver do you ... - emdeejay, 2009-05-11: 03:22:00
Nien :P - dochanne, 2009-05-12: 05:18:00
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Muttonflaunt
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: mutt-n-floor-nt
Sentence: Once more, Esme, an incorrigible muttonflaunt, was rummaging in the bottom of the trunk for the midriff top and hotpants from her youth. When Ken walked in all he could see was her saggy derriere clad in a g-string wobbling about on top of her thigh-high-booted legs, with clothing being tossed in the air.
Etymology: mutton dressed as lamb (an older person wearing youthful clothes) + flaunt (to show off)
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COMMENTS:
what an image - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-11: 13:40:00
I think I know her...good word! - Nosila, 2009-05-11: 17:57:00
That Esme... Not at all sheepish... - emdeejay, 2009-05-11: 19:45:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx Thank you metrohumanx ~ James
abrakadeborah - 2009-05-11: 03:46:00
I loved making up this word & sentence/story...Metro! YOU ARE GRRRREAT and the cartoon made me LAUGH so hard! Thanks! I needed that ~ STILL LOL! :)
Hey abrakadeborah, Thank you for the winkles and crinkles. Our verbotomists are certainly putting on their most creative verbdrobes today. And everyone is wearing their words well. ~ James
And in other news, Jabberwocky has won our Dylan Verbotomies Contest with the top score last week. I will post the official announcement later today in the blog. Congrats to Jabberwocky ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James