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DEFINITION: v. To obsessively work on, shine and polish something which has no intrinsic value. n. A item which has lots of imagined shine in the eyes of the owner, but no real value for anyone else.
Verboticisms
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Bufferduff
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Buff-er-duff
Sentence: Ever since Great Aunt Maud had left Sue the vase in her will five years ago she was convinced it was worth thousands. Every evening she rushed home from work and would bufferduff it until it shone. Little did she know it was a fake and was worth no more than a few pounds.
Etymology: Buff(to polish) + Duff(worthless) = Bufferduff
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COMMENTS:
it would also work as buffherduff - nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-10: 12:18:00
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Drekenrich
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: drekenrich
Sentence: Marcie's friends wish she had never seen the TV show, Trash to Treasures where they show techniques for transforming refuse into decorative items. She will now drekenrich just about anything she finds. They are each the not-so-proud owners of some of her creations. John has a wreath constructed out of used twist ties and pull tabs from soda cans. Eunice has a broach made from an old belt buckle with shards of broken glass glued to it. But it is Betty who has the greatest "prize" of all, the sculpture of a duck (we think it's a duck) made of clumping cat litter. Every time the weather is humid it gets a little larger.
Etymology: drek (rubbish; trash) + enrich (improve or enhance the quality or value of)
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COMMENTS:
Always loved the word drek! - wayoffcenter, 2009-03-10: 06:03:00
Disturbingly beautiful sentence, and a top-notch word, too! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:13:00
...Sounds like a little hamlet in Bavaria! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:14:00
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Quartshite
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kwart shy t
Sentence: She spent cleaning and polishing the quartshite ring he gave her, not knowing it was as worthless and trashy as he
Etymology: quartzite, shite
Obessrance
Created by: caitmcnicholl
Pronunciation: Ob-ses-ranche
Sentence: Although Mr.Bohn's essay asignment was ungraded and unmandtory, carlie still worked 16 hours on it in hopes of overachiving but ended up just wasting away her weekemnd.
Etymology: Obbessed: overly focusing on an object,person,place,thing or aspect in life. Igorance: assumed information by a person who really knows nothing to little.
Obuffsess
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: o buff sess
Sentence: Sham first obuffsessed with her car being shinysmooth and clean. Her obsession with well-buffed appearances crept into her home as she obuffsessed about the lustrous glossyness of her leather and wood furniture. Her hands perpetually ached, but there was no end to her obuffsession: woodwork, tile, sinks, lightswitch covers, doorlatches, her dog's collar, the electicity box outside her home...
Etymology: From the words buff (shine a surface) and obsess (have a preoccupation with something - in this case buffing anything, especially commonly-touched surfaces, to a shine).
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 21:43:00
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Shingrossed
Created by: andrewmcshea
Pronunciation: shine grossed
Sentence: This crazy lady named Caitlin is comletely shingrossed with her iPhone screen and jealous of Maddy's glimmering one.
Etymology: Shine (shiny or bright), Engrossed (to be obsessed or consumed by)
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COMMENTS:
another winner right here boi - andrewmcshea, 2012-02-17: 15:07:00
tyrone jacksin would b proud - andrewmcshea, 2012-02-17: 15:08:00
DIS WORD IS BUMPIN - jessicadobies, 2012-02-17: 15:17:00
DIS WORD IS BUMPIN - jessicadobies, 2012-02-17: 15:18:00
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Glosstentatious
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gloss/ten/tay/shsh
Sentence: Most people were repulsed by his necklace of his own baby teeth and felt it was glosstentacious when he polished it during meetings.
Etymology: gloss + ostentacious
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COMMENTS:
VERY crafty combo,Steverino! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:17:00
love it - galwaywegian, 2009-03-10: 17:20:00
Good word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-10: 21:01:00
Very clever! - Mustang, 2009-03-10: 23:59:00
A big thumbs up on this word! very good :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-14: 22:59:00
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Doitdad
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: doot dad
Sentence: Mom fiddled around with dad constantly. She especially loved his bald head. It was her favorite trifle. Every morning she would do it up right, and give it a real 'do'. Man, oh man! Could she really do it to it! She sprayed it with water, shampooed it, rinsed it, pumiced it, rinsed it, brushed it dry, waxed it spotless, then polished it to a bright snow white glaze, and topped it off with a kiss. It was mom's favorite doitdad!
Etymology: DO IT - as in "do it to it" ... DOODAD - a trifling!
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COMMENTS:
Pretty heady stuff! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 01:11:00
!!!!!! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-10: 08:40:00
pumice? - ouch - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-10: 12:19:00
...So THATS why she was SKULLKING around. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:24:00
Go to the HEAD of the class, metro...that's why dad is the Pate-r! - Nosila, 2009-03-10: 21:57:00
Yes, and it sounds like cajouling to dad to "do it"! (All the things many dads are made to do)! - splendiction, 2009-03-10: 22:31:00
Enjoyed all the comments :-) - silveryaspen, 2009-03-11: 01:10:00
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Perfectioneering
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: per-fek-shun-EER-ing
Sentence: Something of a drama queen and one with a notable lack of self esteem Miranda would work incessantly to improve any and all manner of things from her written essays to her doll collection to her flatware, believing that her perfectioneering would somehow transform mundane things into works of art.
Etymology: Blend of perfection and engineering (engineer - To plan, manage, and put through by skillful acts or contrivance; maneuver)
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COMMENTS:
Well done. Good sentence. Good word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-10: 08:42:00
A true classic! A real keeper! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:18:00
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-10: 12:22:00
Great word and sentence, mustang,I may well borrow that word to pepper in conversations! - Nosila, 2009-03-10: 21:59:00
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Finetoon
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fyne toon
Sentence: No matter what Naomi did to her resume, it always looked like someone had had to finetoon it. How else would her work history look like such a piece of fiction?
Etymology: Fine-tune (polish and perfect) & Toon (cartoon;imaginery, humourous drawing;caricature)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James