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'You're wearing that to the dance?'

DEFINITION: n. A fashion accessory, or an approach to personal hygiene, which is designed, not to attract others, but rather to repel them. v. To dress for protection.

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Crapparel

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: cra-pair-ull

Sentence: Her eyes had that come-hither look, but her crapparel clearly screamed "Fuggoff!".

Etymology: crap, apparel

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COMMENTS:

petaj Sounds like a line of clothing available from FrayMart - petaj, 2007-02-23: 23:35:00

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Fashun

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: fas/shun

Sentence: She wore the most hideous outfit to the club to keep the men away. It was definitely a fashun statement. Not even a pompass, a chickmagnot, or a casanoway would think of approaching her.

Etymology: fashion + shun

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Imagine being a club full of fashunistas... What would you wear? - wordmeister, 2007-02-23: 02:24:00

petaj A fashmina? - petaj, 2007-02-23: 02:50:00

How about a barka? - allwise, 2007-02-23: 03:26:00

erasmus Use those verbotomisms! great sentence. - erasmus, 2007-02-23: 04:11:00

a sa-wrong? - galwaywegian, 2007-02-23: 04:33:00

Good one, galwaywegian! Me, I'd wear a tuxedon't. - Osomatic, 2007-02-23: 04:45:00

A tuxedon't or a wastecoat? - Discoveria, 2007-02-23: 05:26:00

Well in any case it certainly seems to be a block tie affair. - Osomatic, 2007-02-23: 05:37:00

Wow! Some great cloathes here! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-23: 07:01:00

Where's me stop hat, guv? - Alchemist, 2007-02-23: 07:09:00

Thank goodness, I'm wearing my pushoff bra. - wordmeister, 2007-02-23: 08:59:00

Do these queerings match this fecklace? - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-23: 09:55:00

nothing's a match for my armoredtanktop - it can fire two missiles simultaneously - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-23: 11:24:00

A simoncowlneck or detertleneck are also effective spacemakers. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-23: 11:56:00

these are better words than we originally submitted - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-23: 12:32:00

Look, there's Sally in her culoffs! - Alchemist, 2007-02-23: 13:55:00

and Jim in his stranglerjeans - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-23: 14:50:00

And Bob decked out in his ascnot and donaldtrumphairel. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-23: 15:51:00

Don't forget those classy shoos! - Discoveria, 2007-02-23: 16:41:00

and the no siree hosiery and the ebola tie - porsche, 2007-02-23: 16:48:00

We seem to have the appropriate acootiements. Where shall we go? The dance clubbed? Better apply some PMSence first. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-23: 20:16:00

petaj Let's go to the Snitz, or the Shockadero. Those go-awaiters on your boots and appallettes on your shoulders will be admired there. - petaj, 2007-02-23: 23:54:00

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Pewlery

Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: pew + lure + ee

Sentence: What Sharon wasn't in the mood to get hit on, she's put on all of her pewlery.

Etymology: like jewelry with pew

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COMMENTS:

Ah, couturd! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-23: 08:49:00

Get thee to a nunnery! (Or perhaps a shunnery....) - wordmeister, 2007-02-23: 10:32:00

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Deterapparel

Created by: igho1207

Pronunciation: dee-ter-a-pah-rel.

Sentence: As she could not face any male attention, she decided deterapparel herself.

Etymology: deter/apparel

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Couturnoff

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: koo-TERN-ahf

Sentence: "I'll teach him to drag me to a Goth party," thought Sally, as she donned her teal tube top, pink culottes, sun hat and espadrilles. She grinned in the mirror and thought, "I could turn out to be a world-class couturnoff designer."

Etymology: couture (high fashion) + turn off

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COMMENTS:

great sentence Alchemist - very funny word too - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-23: 10:30:00

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Bloatcouture

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: blote koot yoor

Sentence: When Gail saw what Maisie was wearing to the dance club, she was horrified. Maisie wore a blue coverall dress that added 30 pounds to her frame, particularily at the waist. She matched it with a pink top, green knee socks, those red chunky plastic crocs and a scowl. She told Gail it was her bloatcouture, designed to repel the guys that might hit on her, by making them think she was fat or pregnant. It worked!

Etymology: Bloat (become bloated or swollen or puff up) & Couture(high fashion designing and dressmaking) & Wordplay on Haute Couture (trend-setting fashions)

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Uglevis

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: əglēvīz

Sentence: There are times when Joyce just isn’t interested in attracting the guys. That’s when she dons her ugLevis.

Etymology: ugly (unpleasant or repulsive, esp. in appearance) + Levi’s (brand of denim pants)

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Aparrial

Created by: catgrin

Pronunciation: uh-par-ee-uhl

Sentence: Some people believe the black worn by "goth" kids to be aparrial designed to protect them from a harsh world.

Etymology: combination of apparel and parry

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Apparepel

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: a-parra-pel

Sentence: Apparently her apparepel was apropos at the "Single and Loving It" club. As it was the most unappealing it won the nonpareil award. (and that's enough alliteration)

Etymology: apparel (clothing) + repel (send away)

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COMMENTS:

erasmus whoah you're alliteration king! - erasmus, 2007-02-23: 04:09:00

petaj praise and applause is a pleasant reply - thanks erasmus - petaj, 2007-02-23: 23:59:00

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Shmuckishwear

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Shmuk-ish-ware

Sentence: Don't you realize that wearing shmuckishwear nobody will even look twice at you Leona?

Etymology: Shmuckish; Slang for Schmuck and added ish to show ownership of being a shmuckish type of person...;An insulting term for a stupid person or dim-witted fool that dresses to look unattractive on purpose. Wear; To bear or have on the person as in to wear clothes.

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-23: 00:01:41
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-23: 00:01:41
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-23: 00:01:41
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-23: 00:01:41
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-23: 00:02:18
Hey Verbotomists, take a look at our first Verbotomy e-book "Word Games & Mind Games". You can download it as a PDF from our News page. ~ James.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-23: 00:02:18
Hey Verbotomists, take a look at our first Verbotomy e-book "Word Games & Mind Games". You can download it as a PDF from our News page. ~ James.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-23: 00:02:18
Hey Verbotomists, take a look at our first Verbotomy e-book "Word Games & Mind Games". You can download it as a PDF from our News page. ~ James.

adbern - 2007-02-23: 14:20:00
i'm curious about those panties...

adbern - 2007-02-23: 14:24:00
oepssss...I'm sorry

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-17: 12:55:00
Hey Verbotomists, I am running a little contest next week starring my favorite author, Jasper Fforde. He is a fabulous writer with an extremely fertile imagination. He loves playing with words, so he is perfect for us! We will giving a away copy of his first Thursday Next Book, The Eyre Affair, to the top player next week. So get ready to crank up your creative brain power. It's going to be fun. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2011-01-20: 00:07:00
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James