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DEFINITION: n. Redundant and often clumsy preparations made before meeting with a "professional" -- like a hairdresser, dentist or cleaning lady. v. To prepare for a meeting with a professional by trying to hide the fact that you desperately need their services.
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Remuddle
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re-MUDL
Sentence: As always, Darryl hated going to the barber since he knew he'd receive some good natured jibes about his thinning hair, so he once again set out to remuddle his hairdo in an effort to hide the balding areas.
Etymology: Based on 'muddle' (to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble) with prefix 're-' (to do again)...a play on the word 'remodel.
Cleanfoolerus
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: kleen-fool-er-us
Sentence: Mrs. Prizzy Kanabee Ostentatious busily scrubbed and cleaned her already clean floors walls and silk designer wool carpets before the new servant arrived for an interview. Her husband Mr. Pennypincher Honeydo Ostentatious the III, would often get irritated at Prizzy's "cleanfoolerus" habits and would argue with Prizzy...that keeping up appearances for others was foolish since he was paying for exuberant services they really didn't need becasue that was what stay at home Prizzy did herself... (or so he thought) Mr. Pennypincher Honeydo Ostentatious the III was so angry of Prizzy's "Cleanfoolerusness" because he was missing playing golf with his buddies. Little did Mr. Pennypicher Honeydo Ostentatious the III know that Mrs. Prizzy Kanabee Ostentatious was secretly spending extra money for a cleaning service twice a week that she kept hidden from her husband. Prizzy really did need this new servant to maintain their home for Prizzy to be able to keep going for her afternoon teas at the Ladies Club and shopping sprees in Missisagua.Finally Prizzy wouldn't have to hide the fact she wasn't actually cleaning their house every week...
Etymology: Clean;To tidy up wash and shine,scrub. Fooler; To fool or be fake. Us;Two or more people. Cleanfoolerusness;The act of being Cleanfoolerus.
Fakeitz
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: fake-its
Sentence: Buffy would often rush her husband, Biffy to clean before the maid arrived, and he would snarl and call her a fakeitz, for not allowing anyone to see the real way they lived.
Etymology: Fake- It-
Preproprep
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: prēprōprep
Sentence: Mitch has a very busy life. That’s why he regularly calls on professionals to handle some of the tasks that others usually handle themselves. The only problem with that is that he doesn’t want to let anybody know how messy he is, so he will preproprep before going to a carwash, hair dresser, or have a cleaning service in.
Etymology: pre (before) + pro (professional) + prep (make ready)
Prephairedness
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: prep hair ed ness
Sentence: Tressa had touched up her roots and trimmed her bangs the night before. She showered and shampooed her hair three times that morning. She then blew dry her hair with a rolling brush, styled her hair with mousse and curled it with her curling iron. After spending three hours doing her hair, she declared a state of prephairedness and she rushed out of the house to get to her 10:00 am hair appointment. When her stylist saw the roots and her bangs, she asked who had done this to her hair. She replied, "Why, you did!" Little did she know that hair stylists have forensic skills and after intense questioning, our client broke down and admitted her desperation. Her stylist said, "Why Tressa of the Ubervilles, all you had to do was make your appointment a few days sooner!"
Etymology: preparedness(the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action) & Hair (any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal;dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head); helps prevent heat loss)
Forexperfix
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: four-x-per-fix
Sentence: Trudie forexperfixed her house right before the cleaning lady came, and soon realized that after her cleaning lady finished, her house seemed dirtier than before.
Etymology: fore + expert + fix
Slicandsham
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: SLIC and SHAM
Sentence: Occasionally my wife uses a cleaning service when she is really busy and she needs the place especially clean for some special event she is putting on. Every time she wants the place spic and span clean, we have to go through a slicandsham process to impress the cleaners.
Etymology: play on SPIC-AND-SPAN: a household cleaner; and also meaning immaculately clean, spotless and SLICK: done or made in a way that is clever and efficient but often does not seem to be sincere SHAM: a situation, feeling, system etc. that is not as good or true as it seems
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COMMENTS:
nice word - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-26: 12:36:00
Slic word! - Nosila, 2009-03-26: 17:21:00
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Badjustments
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: bad just ments
Sentence: Slovenlee dipped into the washroom to primp up his eyebrows with a dab of brilcreme before entering the salon; his badjustments, however, didn’t fool any of the salonspatitians. That brow was out of control!
Etymology: From bad and adjustments: adjustments made to impress gone wrong.
Primpemptive
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: primp/em/tiv
Sentence: As a primpemtive strike before heading off to her hair colourist Sally dyes any telltale roots.
Etymology: primp + preemptive
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COMMENTS:
No fool like an old fool ... perfiction! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-26: 10:07:00
perfect word... - mweinmann, 2009-03-26: 17:17:00
Sally knows how to get to the root of the problem. Great word! - Mustang, 2009-03-26: 22:09:00
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Presheen
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: prēshēn
Sentence: Despite the fact that she was of legal age doesn't mean that Martha can't also be a presheen. Before she takes her car to the car wash she details it herself. Before she goes to her goes to her regular dentist for an annual check-up she will go to another for a dental cleaning. Her children have been known to go into hiding if she mentions the need for a haircut.
Etymology: pre (before) + sheen (shine or cause to shine softly) a play off of preteen

Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by nosila. Thank you nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by nosila. Thank you nosila. ~ James
I love this definition - it's so true!
RaunakThomas - 2013-07-27: 10:56:00
ROFL
Petrikreink - 2018-10-08: 12:54:00
What nice phrase
Svetikreink - 2018-10-10: 21:00:00