Verboticisms

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: wiss-con-sin-ners

Sentence: In one particular state, men who were convicted of a crime and sent to the state penitentiary were made to shave their heads but grow their whiskers long to show that they were convicts. They were known as the Whiscons because of their distinctive beards and attire. Once day a Franciscan friar who was quite a gifted preacher came to convert the convicts. He was so persuasive that the entire jail repented of their sins and were baptized. They all shaved their beards into the form of a cross to show that they were "Whisconsinners" and spent the rest of their sentences doing fasting, penance and good works. The men who were sentenced to life with no parole began a Priory at the jail where they specialized in making delicious cheeses, jellies and license plates. They were called the Little Brothers of the Whiscon Cross which was eventually shortened to "Whiskers." The unfortunate brothers who were on death row were called Fryers.

Etymology: whiskers: facial hair + con: person imprisoned for a crime + sinner: one who commits a sin

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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: 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: 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: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: ray-ser-shaydd

Sentence: He would ritually razorshade subliminal messages into each of his cheeks, especially an elephant on the right and a fish with horns on the left.

Etymology: From "razor" meaning "depressive's best friend" and "shade" meaning "shelter from the sun/to only just win/hue".

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Created by: Ellemorpheus

Pronunciation: Face-air-tick-you-late

Sentence: His obnoxious styling of his facial hair suggested he was trying to faciarticulate.

Etymology: fac-face iar-hair/facial articulate

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: len/in/twist

Sentence: He carefully let the hairs in the centre of his chin grow until they were long enough to fashion into a lenintwist to show his solidarity with the Marxist-Lenintwist philosophy.

Etymology: twist (a type of hair style) + Lenin + Leninist

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COMMENTS:

Excellent - TJayzz, 2008-07-16: 08:29:00

After reading that, i could use a drink...with a twist of lenin. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-16: 20:18:00

Clever twist. I guess he was a "red" head? - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-17: 06:41:00

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: PRIM-Pil-geyt

Sentence: Cincinnati: the city of curly hair; pilosophy: only 59% original; fuzznick, scores of google-hits there, too; hairmony, - not a bad word, but does it fit the definition? What about a platterpilar: might be a bit of a bad hair day when "she" turns into a butterfly. Think I'll have to settle for primpilgate: it's about the best, and most original, I can come up with. Phew, it's been a tough week verbotomising.

Etymology: Blend of PRINK: preen, prettify, prink; PILOSE: hair, hairy and PROMULGATE: make publicly known"

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COMMENTS:

excellent etymology and I applaud your efforts to create original words - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-16: 11:51:00

Methinks the top of your head has come off. SAY NO MORE! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-16: 20:15:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: pew blik fay ss

Sentence: you could tell from his oversized tonsure that he was the pubelickface of naughty but nice magazine.

Etymology: public face, errr....

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: vin/cent/van/goa/tee

Sentence: The commune of artists all sported vincentvangoghtees out of reverence for their muse.

Etymology: Vincent Van Gogh + goatee

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COMMENTS:

I won't ear of it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-17: 06:48:00

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