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DEFINITION: v., To shed one's skin in an effort to appear younger or healthier. n. The little bits peeling skin caused by overexposure to direct sunlight.
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Sunscales
Created by: tizher
Pronunciation:
Sentence: No matter how hard she tried, she could not hide her sunscales in the shadows.
Etymology:
Maltend
Created by: lulu78d
Pronunciation: mal-tend
Sentence: The older woman had to maltend the skin on her pale face.
Etymology: mal- bad tend- to stretch
Exfoolished
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: v: ex-FOOL-ishd n: ex-FOOL-ee-shed
Sentence: v.: Terri exfoolished with a cucumber herb peel that left her smelling like a salad dressing. n: Rodney's exfoolished from his sunburn was neatly stacked in piles sorted by size because of his rampant OCD.
Etymology: Exfoliate (to remove a layer of dead skin) + foolish + Shed
Dermabairnsion
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: durma/bearn/shun
Sentence: The new medical procedure dermabairnsion ensures skin as smooth as a baby's bottom.
Etymology: dermabrasion + bairn (baby)
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COMMENTS:
Derma & bairn: great word element blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-17: 18:25:00
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Fleshables
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: FLESH uh buhls
Sentence: What Rover liked best when Jennifer tanned was the smoke flavored fleshables she left in the bed.
Etymology: Inspired by the product "Flushables." (flesh) + (-ables: suffix)
Icksfoliate
Created by: ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: iks-foe-lee-ayt
Sentence: She realized her attempt to icksfoliate prior to her high school reunion went awry when her old crush noticed that the shaved parmesan on her fettucine was in fact her own icksfoliation.
Etymology: exfoliate + ick!
Antiveterous
Created by: 719985
Pronunciation: anti-vet-er-OS
Sentence: Ever since I got my antiveterous procedure, I've had so many hot men asking for my number!
Etymology: Anti - not + veter - old + -ous - having the character of
Tenudermal
Created by: nicolebolavage
Pronunciation: ten-u-derm-al
Sentence: She got a tenudermal in order to appear younger.
Etymology: tenu-stretch derm-skin mal-bad
Phengodermabrasion
Created by: muchiny
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Upon a long walk through the beach, she started feeling the phengodermabrasion all over the exposed skin.
Etymology: Phengo- from Greek for light, sunlight, daylight, splendor, luster derma- from Greek for skin abrasion- superficial damage to skin
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COMMENTS:
phengonomenal! - Nosila, 2010-01-25: 15:15:00
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Dermockracy
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: der mok ra see
Sentence: Chris sunbathed too hard and always ended up burning and shedding away her skin. She felt this dermockracy made her appear more youthful by having the sun exfoliate for her. Instead she was becoming melabnormal.
Etymology: Derma (skin) & Mock (fool, copy, imitate) and WordPlay on Democracy (the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176, and inspired by the fact that I got a little sunburn yesterday -- even though it's September. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
rikboyee - 2007-09-17: 04:01:00
its a new one!! oh happy day!!!!
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James