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DEFINITION: v. , To groom oneself in inappropriate places or at inappropriate times n., A person who practices personal hygiene in public places.
Verboticisms
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Preenoccupied
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: preen/awk/yu/pied
Sentence: Sally was so preenoccupied that she brought her whole makeup kit with her wherever she went. She sometimes used the reflection from a fellow passenger's glasses to adjust her lipstick.
Etymology: preen + preoccupied
Pubelicity
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pew blisss it eeeee
Sentence: there is no such thing as good pubelicity
Etymology: publicity, pube.
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COMMENTS:
the grossest today! - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-31: 13:46:00
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Publiflosser
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pəbliflôsər
Sentence: Tim was almost invisible as he rode the bus, not because nobody noticed him but because nobody wanted to acknowledge a publiflosser. Ever since the dentist found his first cavity, he had become obsessed with his oral hygiene.
Etymology: public (open to or shared by all the people of an area) + Floss (clean between (one's teeth) with dental floss)
Prinkompoop
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: PRIN-kuhm-poop
Sentence: Bob thought that he was "groomed-to-zoom", but too many "hairs in the butter" by Bob, a persistent prinkompoop, seemed more likely to lead to gloom.
Etymology: Etymology: Blend of PRINK: to preen, to groom oneself, to smarten up oneself; NINCOMPOOP: one who acts foolishly - enough & esp not to know when & where to groom. HAIRS IN THE BUTTER (sl) a delicate situation. GROOMED TO ZOOM (sl): well dressed & preened.
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-31: 13:46:00
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Commanicure
Created by: hendrixius
Pronunciation: /kah-man-uh-kure/
Sentence: I can't believe Suzy insists on commanicuring her toenails in the middle of her commencement address...
Etymology: "common" and "manicure"
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COMMENTS:
at least she wasn't commandomanicuring - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-07: 14:01:00
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Grossgienist
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gross + hygiene
Sentence: He is the ultimate grossgienist, cleaning the wax out of his ears on the subway and depositing under the seat.
Etymology: gross + hygiene
Exhibygienic
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: eksəbījenik
Sentence: Maybe it is because she was raised in a commune where everything was done in a group setting, maybe because she is an only-child, but Sunshine*s employer didn*t seem to appreciate her exhibygienic ways. For some strange reason they chastised her for applying deodorant and brushing her teeth while she did her work as a receptionist.
Etymology: exhibitionist (extravagant behavior that is intended to attract attention to oneself) + hygienic (being clean; sanitary)
Inapproprimp
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: in-ap-pro-primp
Sentence: She thought he would be the perfect groom until he engaged in inapproprimp behavior at her parent's dinner table. He combed his hair, picked his teeth and dug wax out of his ears. Sensing their revulsion, she immediately called off the wedding and decided to look elsewhere for a mate. Although he acted heartbroken when she told him, he was delighted to see that his scheme worked. To celebrate his freedom, he took all his buddies down to the tavern where they could all be rude and inappropriate, and engage in regular guy behavior with impunity.
Etymology: inappropriate: improper, unsuitable or untimely + primp: dress or groom with meticulous attention to detail
Vulgroomer
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /vuhl'-groom-ər/
Sentence: Every time I looked over at Ted during the meeting, he was vulgrooming himself -- first, picking food out of his teeth, then with a finger stuck in his ear, digging around for earwax, which he later scraped off on the edge of the table -- as if the conference room were his personal bathroom, and the rest of us were simply intruding, and subject to witness his rather uncouth hygienic habits.
Etymology: vulgar (Latin, vulgāris - equiv. to vulg[us] the general public) + groom (possibly from Old French, grommet - "servant"); Vulgroom, -er, -ing
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COMMENTS:
groomsome! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-07: 07:01:00
"Nice" word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-09: 15:55:00
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Toejammer
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation: toe+jamm-er
Sentence: He's a toejammer,every time I see him he's picken his nose or diggen at his butt,or pulling white cheese from under his arm pit's.
Etymology:
Comments:
Verbotomy - 2007-12-07: 01:59:00
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie Thank you kabloozie ~ James
silveryaspen - 2007-12-07: 19:12:00
nice irony ... liked it a lot
Verbotomy - 2007-12-08: 00:08:00
Thanks silveryaspen ~ James
Mindy1955 - 2007-12-08: 07:09:00
Mindy1955 - 2007-12-08: 07:10:00
Simple I like it.
Verbotomy - 2010-03-30: 00:02:00
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James