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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.

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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

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Publiflosser

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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)

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Cliphibitionist

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: Clip + hibi + shun + ist

Sentence: Stan was a busy man indeed. He was a splendid public speaker who liked to share his inspirational insights and stories with others. What with his book tours and public speaking schedules, he barely had time to brush his teeth, eat or dress some days. Trouble was, he seemed oblivous to other's disgusted reactions as he openly groomed himself; snipping, clipping, plucking and brushing any part of himself that needed upkeep. What a time-saver, he thought. Stan never concerned himself with the fact that he had turned into a notorious cliphibitionist.

Etymology: "Clip" as to clip a toenail, hair or moustache + "exhibitionist" - a flaunter, flasher or pervert

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-31: 13:45:00

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Shownailclipper

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: sho-nail-clip-per

Sentence: C.J. is a shownailclipper. Shards of his DNA can be found throughout our office.

Etymology: show, toenail clipper

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COMMENTS:

excellent but gross - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-07: 13:52:00

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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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Narcisscissorise

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: Nar sis sizzor ize

Sentence: Tom's ability to narcissorise his daily ablutions while riding the #23 bus in the morning were starting to get on the other passengers' nerves.

Etymology: Narcissistic and Scissors blend (to look better by cutting something off yourself...)

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COMMENTS:

I like your word! The onomatopoeia of the 'cisscisssorise' of it is awesome! The play on those two words is very clever. I think you could give this word a few more daffynitions ... than the one it was made up for ... or the one you gave ... like: cutting off the narcissist before he made you gag on his ego! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-13: 15:10:00

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Whygiene

DSwell

Created by: DSwell

Pronunciation:

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Exhibitionalgrommer

Created by: Mindy1955

Pronunciation: ex-hi-bi-tion-al-gru-mer

Sentence: The exhibitionalgrommer got great pleasure out of forcing others to watch him clean and maintain his appearance. The more disgusting the greater the pleasure.

Etymology: Middle English, this phenomenon has been present since the begining of man.

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Ailclipping

libertybelle

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: ayl-kli-ping

Sentence: No one spoke up, but all were obviously disgusted by Rita's lunchtime ailclipping ritual of first plucking stray eyebrow hairs then flossing at the employee breakroom table.

Etymology: ail: sick, ill + nailclipping

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COMMENTS:

nice - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-07: 14:03:00

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Cutporn

Created by: hlebobulo4ka

Pronunciation: 'cʌtpо:n

Sentence: My roommate is always doing cutporn whiile watching his favorite tv-show.

Etymology:

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Comments:

Verbotomy 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 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 Verbotomy - 2010-03-30: 00:02:00
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James