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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.
Verboticisms
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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)
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
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-
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
Fauxlishness
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: foh-lihsh-nehs
Sentence: Fulvia's life was full of fauxlishness. Not only did she dye her roots before going to the hairdressers and blame the Care Bears for her immaculate house when the cleaning lady arrived, but she had two dentists and two spiritual confessors in two different cities.
Etymology: Using FAUX, meaning fake or artificial + a play on FOOLISHNESS, meaning a lack of good sense or judgement
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COMMENTS:
heheh - galwaywegian, 2009-03-26: 08:55:00
Funny! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-26: 09:21:00
Excellent word! - splendiction, 2009-03-26: 21:17:00
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Remuddle
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re-MUDL
Sentence: As always, Frankie 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.
Nervicecall
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: Nur-vis-call
Sentence: "They've seen it all" I kept telling myself as I frantically added bromide to the hot tub and scrubbed at the scum ring along the top. My husband, while taunting me for my extensive preparations for the nervicecall from the spa guy, was spotted surreptiously hosing out the filter.
Etymology: Service call combined with nervous.
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COMMENTS:
LOL! Too funny :) It makes a LOT of sense! You have my vote! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-26: 16:38:00
This is so very clever!! - mweinmann, 2009-03-26: 17:17:00
Good! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-26: 21:16:00
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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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Preencleaning
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: preen + cleen + ing
Sentence: Spring is the time for preencleaning. We always mow the lawn and clean out the beds before the landscapers arrive; I look nice for my hairdresser before Easter and clean the house so the handyman doesn't see the mess when he comes to do repairs....
Etymology: Pre, Preen and Cleaning >> Pre: Prior to, before -- Preen: Personal grooming, to smooth and groom -- Cleaning
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COMMENTS:
Clever play on spring cleaning, too! Excellent word! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-26: 10:05:00
terrific word - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-26: 12:35:00
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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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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