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DEFINITION: Something, or someone, that appears to be warm and fuzzy but is, when you get close, sharp and prickly.
Verboticisms
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Tinseltuft
Created by: ArsMajika
Pronunciation: TIN-cel-tuft
Sentence: You'd think that quiet librarian would be such a peach... I mean, look at her! But she's such a harpy. The woman is completely tinseltuft.
Etymology: Tinsel is sharp and grating, tacked onto tuft, as in a tuft of fur.
Prickmedainty
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: prick/me/dane/ty
Sentence: My mother always advised me never to pay lip service to a prickmedainty.
Etymology: prick + me + dainty: also a 19th century expression meaning a person of either sex who is finicky about his or her style of dress
Flufficky
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: fluff icky
Sentence: colins dog was flufficky, he looked cute enough but on close inspection he was slightly mange ridden.
Etymology: from fluffy and icky
Bristleflage
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /'bri-s&l-"fläzh/
Sentence: Some cacti use spines as a deterrent against predators, but the teddy-bear cholla's bristleflage is just mean.
Etymology: From bristle + camouflage
Kittytankerous
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kit/ee/tang/ker/uhs
Sentence: Bosses have to be kittytankerous individuals to get their job done.
Etymology: kitty + cantankerous
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COMMENTS:
What about teachers? - wordmeister, 2007-01-23: 12:58:00
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Prickeley
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: prickeley
Sentence: i am not cute i am prickeley
Etymology: prickking
Oprahclone
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: oh-prah-clohn
Sentence: i used to think she was warm and understanding..in touch with the common folk....i was wrong...damned oprahclone
Etymology: clone, oprah
Gremlynn
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: grem-linn
Sentence: Lynn is the perfect "ggod girl" , till she PMSed then she turned into GREMLYNN.
Etymology: Gremlin/Lynn
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COMMENTS:
I love it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-23: 20:19:00
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Confusting
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: confewsting
Sentence: he was stung by a most confusting creature.
Etymology:
Comments:
allwise - 2007-01-23: 02:28:00
he he, nice sentence =)