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'I'm in love with these shoes.'

DEFINITION: To have a favorite article of clothing with which you develop a personal, and even a deeply fulfilling, relationship.

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Clothfriend

Created by: nchilliest

Pronunciation: k-l-u-fr-end

Sentence: These shoes are my new clothfriend because I am so obsessed with them.

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Inavestment

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: ihn-uh-VEHST-muhnt

Sentence: Alex's girlfriend dumped him because of his inavestment with the old T-shirt he always wore and refused to wash.

Etymology: "in a vest" + (emotional) investment + vestment [article of clothing]

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Shoemeful

Created by: fefefeha7

Pronunciation: Shoe-me-full

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Parishiltonclone

Created by: wierdowack1

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Devoteeshirt

Created by: HALibut

Pronunciation: Dev-uh-tee-shurt

Sentence: Although his wife repeatedly urged him to get rid of his tattered oil-soaked duds, he was such a devoteeshirt he could not bring himself to.

Etymology: devotee + tee-shirt

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Lovject

Created by: gonzo

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Sentence: She had a platonic lovject and it was a drama.

Etymology: love-object

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Jeans

Created by: francisredmond96

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Sex

Created by: cj2k7

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Phatfiend

Created by: MisUndrstd

Pronunciation: Fat-fi-e-nd

Sentence: My cousin Vinnie recently joined a Hip Hop boy band in the Bronx and it wasn't long before he started wearing his pants around his ankles. Obviously, Vinnie has disgraced the good name of the family by becoming a "Phatfiend".

Etymology: Phat clothing line+ fiend= Phatfiend!

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Leaver

Created by: weareallbeautiful

Pronunciation: l-eh-v-er

Sentence: Bobby never took of his leaver shoes because they reminded him of his dead pet cow which incidentally was sold to a leather shop...which Bobby just realized...

Etymology: leather+lover

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Comments:

ziggy41 - 2007-07-09: 14:04:00
I miss the Verbotonews. :(

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-07-09: 22:54:00
I was at UC Berkeley last week, as one of the speakers the Language Creation Conference. See: http://conlangs.berkeley.edu/about.php it was great fun and I met some amazing people! I will catch up on the Verbotomy news posting tomorrow ~ James

ziggy41 - 2007-07-10: 00:06:00
Oh, that conference looks really fun, can't wait for the wonderful news. And I loved the cartoon last week (great job!)