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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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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
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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Scablutionist
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: scab/blew/shun/ist
Sentence: Scott was a diehard scablutionist who loved to pick his scabs in public.
Etymology: scab + ablution + exhibitionist
Publigroom
Created by: Tricou
Pronunciation: pub-la-groom
Sentence: He noticed people staring at him while he publigroomed.
Etymology: publi; as in public: groom; root word of groomer
Preenoccupied
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: preen/aw/ku/pyed
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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COMMENTS:
Maybe Sally was lipstick, but not lippy! Very good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-09: 16:02:00
Right on ... from the way it pops off the tongue to the way it hits the brain - silveryaspen, 2007-12-13: 15:06:00
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Exhigienist
Created by: IllmaticKD
Pronunciation: Ex'hy'gene'ist
Sentence: The abhorrent display of Rodney's blatant exhigienist behavior was very unsettling, his bikini-line wasn't maintained very well.
Etymology: noun; the melding of the words exhibitionist and hygiene. Also see exhigienism.
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COMMENTS:
Rodney!!! LOL. Good one! - Korinne, 2007-12-07: 23:34:00
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Prinkadillo
Created by: teriaki
Pronunciation: PRINK-uh-DIL-oh
Sentence: An uncomfortable silence spread across the room when the guest speaker interrupted his own sentence to dislodge an offending food particle from his teeth. Seemingly unaware the prinkadillo, he continued from precisely where he had stopped.
Etymology: Eng. prink 'to primp, dress, or groom oneself with elaborate care' + Eng. peccadillo 'small offense' from L. peccatum 'transgression'
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;
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:
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