Verboticisms

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈʍɪskɚˌkoʊd/

Sentence: The Whiskercode is very subtle and finicky; a few hairs is all it takes to go from "neo-Nazi" to "silent-film fanatic."

Etymology: From whisker + code, as in the "handkerchief code"

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: hāərēətīp

Sentence: Billy has adopted the haireotype of the local motorcycle group. At least 80% of the group*s mambers have taken on the shaved head, goatee look. She had to work extra hard to grow the chin fur.

Etymology: hair (any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans) + stereotype (a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: eye dent uff tie

Sentence: she identuftied with the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as.....where was I?

Etymology: identify, tuft.

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Tre-bul-clef-chin

Sentence: Courtney loved to accentuate the bristle of her trebleclefchin into a perfectly shaped musical note.

Etymology: Treble clef- A symbol indicating that the second line from the bottom of a staff represents the pitch of G above middle C. Also called G clef. Chin- The central forward portion of the lower jaw.

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: ah-fill-ee-a-chin

Sentence: Matt's gentle manner belied his affiliachin; his shavement screamed he was one of those whackos from Montana.

Etymology: affiliation, chin

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COMMENTS:

damn, you're good! - galwaywegian, 2007-05-02: 04:44:00

really good. - ohwtepph, 2007-05-02: 05:51:00

(verblushing) - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-02: 12:49:00

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: role + patch

Sentence: That little rolepatch on his chin lets you know that he's hipper than you.

Etymology: It's a play on "soul patch."

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Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: bar - beks - pres

Sentence: In an effort to barbexpress how bald, stubby and chubby is US President material, George Bush took on some weight, got into a new wardrobe and shaved EVERY INCH of his body. Now, he looks less like a president and more like a bowling ball.

Etymology: barber (to trim hair, to shave) + express (to set forth the opinions and feelings of oneself)

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Created by: suzanne

Pronunciation: hay-r-sh-oh

Sentence: She returned from Canada with a Maple leaf hairshow.

Etymology: hair- keratin follicles, prtotruding from skin/ Show - display airshow - display of aeroplanes

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: patrio-TRIM-ism

Sentence: Barney's patriotrimism was a carefully sculpted and dyed flag in his sideburns.

Etymology: patriotism + trim

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COMMENTS:

oh say can you see, by the torch shaped goatee... - galwaywegian, 2007-05-02: 05:41:00

Advance Australia fur! - petaj, 2007-05-02: 05:49:00

God save our gracious coif - petaj, 2007-05-02: 06:03:00

Oh Mutton Chops our baaaaaaa leader. Don't pull the wool over our eyes!! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-02: 12:17:00

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Created by: Jeaneai

Pronunciation: Stuh Bul Stie el

Sentence: Gosh, did you see Tom's mustache yesterday? Is it just me or did it kind of look like Al Gore's ear?

Etymology: Stubble, Style

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