Verboticisms

Created by: juliadeboard

Pronunciation: ex-ten-durm

Sentence: After a sunny day at the beach, Christie spent hours extenderming her burnt skin even though she knew that it would leave scars.

Etymology: ex- out completely ten(u)- stretched, thin derm- skin

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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)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sləfəl

Sentence: If beauty is skin deep, Liz is up to her eyeballs in gorgeous. As she sluffles along through life, she does her best to make to a good first impression but often leaves a bigger impression when she departs. Unfortunately when she gets nervous, she sheds skin much faster than normal. She would have landed the job as the spokeslizard for Geico if she hadn*t shed 3 layers and interviewed looking pink.

Etymology: sluff (slough): shed + shuffle: walk by dragging one*s feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground

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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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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: skin-vig-or-ayt

Sentence: getting rid of my outer layer left me feeling skinvigorated

Etymology: skin, invigorate

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: ex-fol-ee-aged

Sentence: Instead of looking younger, Lucy's skin was so exfoliaged that she eventually started to look like an antique piece of leather, demonstrating the many years of sun-worshiping in her back yard.

Etymology: exfoliate: to remove layers of bark or skin;peel + foliage: leaves on plants and trees + aged: being of advanced age

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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

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Created by: Freepiehere

Pronunciation: Mag-Ni-Male

Sentence: The Oregon Trail quest my family set out on has become a complete MAGNIMALE ever since dad caught dysentery.

Etymology: Magni-Great Mal(e)-bad

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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

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Created by: younger

Pronunciation: CAL-iks-fole-e-a-shun

Sentence: California's residents often opt for a "natural" spa treatment over the expensive salon variety. Spending a little time in Cali's smog-filtered sunlight makes for a cheap and effective calixfoliation session.

Etymology: California + Exfoliation

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