Verboticisms

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: GO-teem

Sentence: Brandon carefully cultivated his goateem, which set him apart as a member of the young, hip, set. All his friends were too...

Etymology: goatee, team

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: dee-pihl-IHT-ihs-ize

Sentence: Alex depiliticised to look boho; unfortunately, his date thought he looked more pomo.

Etymology: depiliate (to shave) + politicise

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COMMENTS:

very clever - petaj, 2007-05-02: 23:55:00

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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: 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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Created by: Brooklie

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: parly a ment heree

Sentence: To display his interest in parliamentary procedure, Wilfred grew a very parliamenthairy beard. His motto was "I won't cut my beard until you cut my taxes!" He never missed a session in the public gallery for years and when he died sitting during the Question Period, the Speaker announced that the visitor with the very long bushy beard had just expired and they would have to raise taxes to pay for his funeral...

Etymology: Parliamentary (relating to or having the nature of a parliament;in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly) & Hairy (having or covered with hair)

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Created by: trunktickle

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Created by: mustilicor

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Etymology: cred - believe

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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: lauramy

Pronunciation: muhs-tance

Sentence: Judging by her moustance, she's lookin' for some romance with a lady who can break dance.

Etymology: Moustache + Stance

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COMMENTS:

Alternative pronunciations make me think of "compulsion to move the body in time to music" and "an example from or fleeting moment in the life of a rodent". As such, the word kicks ass and gets my vote. - Bulletchewer, 2007-05-02: 16:49:00

Nice! - HubbMU, 2007-05-03: 12:50:00

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