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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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Dermappealing
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: der-muh-peel-ng
Sentence: People said Rhonda was a flake but she said she had "dermappeal".
Etymology: derma (skin) + appeal
Calixfoliation
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
Sluffle
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
Extenderm
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
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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Benedermacural
Created by: danibriggs
Pronunciation: ben-A-durm-a-cure-ul
Sentence: My mother thinks by getting a benedermacural she will look twenty years younger and find a new boyfriend. She is so wrong.
Etymology: bene- good derma-skin cur-care
Moltiplacation
Created by: phonematode
Pronunciation: mohl-ti-play-cay-shun
Sentence: She attempted to mollify her inner youth worshipper by addressing her times table through moltiplacation.
Etymology: molt (to shed) + placate (to calm, appease), + sounds like multiplication; n. moltiplaques = the flakey bits, from plaque (a flat plate, slab, disk, or patch)
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COMMENTS:
Be careful when you look for the good of days of your youth through moltiplication, cos you might just find algebra! Love the word and enjoyed the bizarreness of the sentence. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-17: 20:25:00
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Scorpidermals
Created by: ericsimmons39
Pronunciation: Score-peh-durm-ulls
Sentence: When i woke up in the morning after the long day at the beach, my pillow was laden with scorpidermals and Puerto Rican businessmen.
Etymology: Scorched + Epidermis
Curveterderm
Created by: EvelynS
Pronunciation: cur-vehter-derhm
Sentence: Ever since I went to the beach without sunscreen I've started to curveterderm my face.
Etymology: Cur-cure+veter-old+derm-skin
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