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DEFINITION: v. To carefully shave your facial hair into a style which advertises your political allegiance, sexual orientation, or taste in music. n. Stylized facial hair.
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Faciarticulate
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
Newaveshave
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nu wayv shayv
Sentence: Part of Stephanie's's remorphosis was to start barbering the added facial hair that came with her testosterone treatments. It was called a newaveshave and soon, she became Stephen and could shave daily to his/her heart's content.
Etymology: New Waqve (any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field) & Shave (the act of removing hair with a razor)
Libertrim
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: lib/er/trim
Sentence: When entering the customs line at the airport, we always sought out the official with the most obvious libertrim who would be open to discussions about us helping him to help us.
Etymology: libertine + trim
Phairomonize
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: fair - oh - mone - iz
Sentence: John was careful to phairomonize his facial hair so that he gave off the right "vibes".
Etymology: pheromone (a chemical substance that convey information to and produce specific responses in certain animals, Chemicals that act as sexual attractants) hair, harmonize
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COMMENTS:
Phair enough! - Nosila, 2009-11-18: 23:34:00
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Raveshave
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: rayve/shayve
Sentence: With a clever raveshave and applying glitter, he was able to jump around like a living glow stick
Etymology: rave + shave
Whisconsinners
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
Identigroom
Created by: Filthy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Always careful about the way he presented himself, Mike took great care with his identigrooming; his facial hair had the complex task of communicating that he was, well, a complicated communicator who mows the tall grass, and might just vote independent.
Etymology: identigroom=identity+groom.
Haireotype
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)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Bulletchewer.
Thank you Bulletchewer! ~ James
Another Verbotomy Splinterview: Jedijawa's Right-Brain Read about it in the Verbotomy Blog.
mplsbohemian - 2007-05-02: 10:58:00
That picture is so disturbing on so many levels.
mplsbohemian - 2007-05-02: 11:01:00
Um, oy, that must have come off so transphobic. :\
About the picture... I have received a suggestion that this young lady's allegiances are less than clear, so I have prepared an alternative portrait. Please see: Being Clear About our Allegiances. Thanks ~ James
Jabberwocky - 2007-05-02: 12:59:00
Yikes!! the options are even more disturbing - pretty soon she'll look like Chewbacca
purpleartichokes - 2007-05-02: 13:26:00
OMG! It's an American Hairwolf in Toondon! (Or perhaps she has a hairmone problem.)
wordmeister - 2007-05-02: 16:30:00
Chewytobacca? I wonder what JediJawa thinks of that?
Bulletchewer - 2007-05-02: 16:45:00
Always love stirring up debate, but credit's due the artist. For some strange reason forgotten in a dream, I only ever thought of this definition applying to the male of the species...
wordmeister - 2007-05-02: 17:26:00
It appears as if this wampeter definitely needs a waxing!
lumina - 2008-07-17: 00:23:00
OMG! I WON! MY FIRST! EXCITING! Do I get a trophy? ha...what fun. Thanks guys!