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

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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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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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Jeans

Created by: francisredmond96

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Straplessciviousness

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Strap-luh-siv-ee-us-ness

Sentence: Monica and the formal evening gown she discovered at Macy's drew each other inexorably from the sales rack to the changing room in a straplesscivious way that could only be described as destiny.

Etymology: Strapless+lasciviousness

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can I see you in a strapless number? LMBO gmv - amysmiles2000, 2007-07-11: 15:58:00

Simple answer... no! ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-11: 17:17:00

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Pashionmina

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: pashun/meena

Sentence: She wore her pashionmina 24/7

Etymology: passion + pashmina

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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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Wearfettish

Created by: blondibabi121692

Pronunciation: where fet ish

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Adoredrobe

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: ah-door-drohwb

Sentence: her career had stalled and her love life was non existant, but no-one could stop her from adoredrobing like a wild woman

Etymology: adore, wardrobe

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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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Hitanigger

Created by: jnine29

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Sentence: hitanigger is to hurt a black person

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

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!)