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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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Pickanmix
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Pik-an-mix
Sentence: Tom was a serial toenail picker, he just couldn't help it. It didn't matter where he was, on the bus or out for the evening he just had to pickanmix all the rough pieces. It got to the stage when all his friends refused to go out with him because it had just got too embarrassing to sit there watching him remove his shoes and socks in public.
Etymology: Pick(to remove unwanted matter, i.e from toes) + Mix(to associate with others) = Pickanmix
Inappropreen
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: in-un-proh-preen
Sentence: While she ate her yogurt on the subway, and to her horror she heard the disturbing sound of "click, click" behind her. As her stomach flipped, she saw someone inappropreening behind her, she quickly covered her yogurt so the shards of toenails wouldn't contaminate it.
Etymology: inappropriate + preen
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COMMENTS:
Love the word -- the sentence makes me nauseous. Great job!! - Tigger, 2007-12-07: 22:48:00
Great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-09: 15:52:00
love the onomatopoeia of the p's in that word ... and you know what it means without looking it up! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-13: 15:00:00
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Showverhaul
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: shoh-vah-hall
Sentence: he removed his shoes and prepared to showverhaul right there on the train
Etymology: show, overhaul
Skankeeclipper
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: skan-key-clip-per
Sentence: Natalie was a true skankeeclipper and got in the habit of tearing off her fingernails while driving. She would open the window an inch and try to push them out, but all too often they would fall back inside and land on the door edge or scatter across the floor mats. And Tom, though he loved Natalie a lot, loved his car even more. He dumped the skankeeclipper for a woman with OCD and fake nails.
Etymology: Yankee clipper altered to incorporate skanky--highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust;
Fauxpolish
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: foh-PAHL-ihsh
Sentence: Alex's girlfriend of six months was on thin ice when she fauxpolished her make-up in the middle of his great-great-auntie's funeral.
Etymology: faux pas + polish (to polish one's appearance, or nail polish)
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COMMENTS:
Yup, waaaaay off my game. - mplsbohemian, 2007-12-09: 12:01:00
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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
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:
Horrigienics
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: hor/i/jen/niks
Sentence: Unaware he was performing a series of horrigienics in front of the passengers on the south-bound 7:52 AM crowded Yonge Street subway train, Joe proceeded to remove his socks and shoes and clip his toe nails and finger nails, brush a layer of dandruff from his head to his lap, clean the wax out of both ears and snip a dozen, or so nose hairs in preparation for his 9:00 AM job interview downtown.
Etymology: HORRIGIENICS - noun - from HORRID (shockingly dreadful; abominable; extremely unpleasant, or disagreeable) + HYGIENICS (the practice and promotion of one's health)
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like Joe was way overdue for some personal 'sanitation' - Mustang, 2008-10-31: 05:20:00
As my hug's brother, now about 48 used to say at age 5, "That's grossp." Yeah, with a P. *ha* - lumina, 2008-10-31: 13:12:00
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Insanitationeer
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in sani tayshun neer
Sentence: Everyone knows an insanitationeer like Elmo. Someone who has no sense of decorum and dsoes his ablutions in public: he feels free to floss his teeth on the bus; to comb his hair at the dinner table; to shave and brush his teeth while driving his car and to Q-tip his ears prospecting for wax while sitting in a meeting. Why is it guys like Elmo get clean in public and make everyone else feel dirty and ooky???
Etymology: insanity (to do crazy things, insane state of mind) & sanitation (to clean,make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features) & neer (person, as in pioneer,wagoneer)
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
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie Thank you kabloozie ~ James
silveryaspen - 2007-12-07: 19:12:00
nice irony ... liked it a lot
Thanks silveryaspen ~ James
Mindy1955 - 2007-12-08: 07:09:00
Mindy1955 - 2007-12-08: 07:10:00
Simple I like it.
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James