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DEFINITION: v. To assess an individual's current mental state, or identify hidden personality traits, through careful analysis of their hairstyle. n. A method of psychoanalysis based hairdos and don'ts.
Verboticisms
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Thairapy
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: thair a pea
Sentence: They should have realized all she needed was the correct thairapy.
Etymology: From: therapy and hair.
Frizzometer
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: frizz-oh-meet-er
Sentence: Jack looked at Alice and his frizzometer told him that based upon her wildly mused hair she was having a very bad day.
Etymology: frizz (frizzy hair) + o (all inventions from the 50's had o in their title) + meter (to gauge)
Hairballology
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: hair-bal-ol-a-gee
Sentence: Even though she was highly paid, professional hairballologist, Cynthia often doubted her expertise -- especially in the morning, when she looked in the mirror and saw an airhead.
Etymology: hairball + ology
Coiffuread
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: kwah-fyoor-reed
Sentence: Judging by his greasy comb-over they coiffuread that he was fighting the aging process and his mirrors at home were filthy.
Etymology: coiffure (a style of arranging or combing the hair) + read (to interpret the meaning of by scrutiny or observation)
Toplockraphy
Created by: logan260
Pronunciation: top-lock-ruh-fee
Sentence: Jane's toplockraphical signs indicated that she prefers her wild nights on the carpet as opposed to more conventional furniture, based on the residual static electricity swirling about her like a psychotic halo.
Etymology: topographical....assessing geography based on the upper appearance of the earth. locks.......hair
Afronalysis
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: afrōnaləsis
Sentence: People could tell Latonya\'s mood by a simple process of afronalysis. If her afro is brushed and picked out she was feeling fine. If it is flat, things were not so good. If she is wearing a baseball cap everybody better stay clear. The technique fell completely apart the day she showed up with a buzz cut.
Etymology: Afro (a thick hairstyle with very tight curls that sticks out all around the head, like the natural hair of some black people) + analysis (a system of psychological theory and therapy that aims to treat mental disorders)
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COMMENTS:
yes the definition leaves out the bald! Good word! - splendiction, 2009-07-30: 23:20:00
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Tresstology
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: tress/tol/ogy
Sentence: Having completed his course in tresstology, Bertie Ditherinton knew a bad hair day when he saw one!
Etymology: tress: a lock of hair + ology: the study of
Coiffolgy
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kwah/off/ol/uh/gy
Sentence: Fortunately, he was a recent graduate of coiffolgy 101 and kept a low profile when she entered the room.
Etymology: coiffure + ology
Rapuzzle
Created by: dekra
Pronunciation: rah-puzzle
Sentence: She presented a new attitude every, with the same golden smile, but a very different rapuzzle. They would watch her from the office window, changing the the tone of their greetings and timbre of their voices based on the level of frizzy topography her locks presented.
Etymology: Rapunzel(Classic fairy tale character with long golden hair) + Puzzle
Hairoscopy
Created by: theantiipod
Pronunciation: Hair-os-copy
Sentence: I used my super cool hairoscopy skills to determine what type of person you are.
Etymology: Hair + scope
Comments:
chris - 2006-12-01: 11:32:00
I like 'coiffology'.....
wordmeister - 2006-12-01: 11:49:00
I like hairballogy, but then again I created it. I guess it's lucky we can't vote for our own words...
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1. Voting: Each player gets two "plus" Votes (Against votes have been eliminated.)
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chris - 2006-12-01: 13:01:00
...good of you to be so objective about things, wordmeister :)
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-01: 13:42:00
I like it alot - sometimes the sentences are better than the words. This will encourage all of us with fragile egos
wordmeister - 2006-12-01: 13:54:00
Check out the revised player standing -- chris and Jabberwocky are neck and neck. This could get vicious! Oh wait... They removed the negative voting. Dang!
ChrisCarrk - 2006-12-01: 15:57:00
it seems menthairity is a really funny word, rock on!
wordmeister - 2006-12-01: 23:39:00
Hey Bjorn, Nice one with 'Salonalysis'. It's from different angle...
splendiction - 2009-07-30: 23:21:00
yes, and Mona (Lisa) has that mysterious smile, too! Excellent word
artipt - 2018-12-03: 19:28:00
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