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'Which whisk is hers?'

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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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

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Rolepatch

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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Identigroom

Created by: Filthy

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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.

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Unshaveneer

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: un-shave-en-ear

Sentence: She was suspicious of men with large sideburns or beards. To her it was a crafty unshaveneer, a façade behind which they hid their evil intent.

Etymology: unshaven (not shaving one's facial hair) + (a superficial appearance or cover)

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Libertrim

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: lib/er/trim

Sentence: When entering the customs line at the airport, we always seek out the official with the most obvious libertrim who would be open to discussions about us helping him to help us.

Etymology: LIBERTRIM - noun - from LIBERTINE (a person who is free of moral restraint; dissolute; licentious) + TRIM (to put into a neat, or orderly condition by clipping, paring, or cutting)

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COMMENTS:

nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-16: 11:48:00

metrohumanx But he still makes us take our shoes off....know wat i mean? nudge nudge - metrohumanx, 2008-07-16: 20:20:00

Short & neat. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-17: 06:42:00

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Whisconsinners

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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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Trebleclefchin

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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Gaytee

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: gātē

Sentence: After Billy came out of the closet he decided that he wanted to make a statement to that effect. What better place to show his orientation than on his face. This week he started sporting a rainbow-tinted gaytee. He may or may not opt for the same treatment to his guybrows.

Etymology: gay (homosexual) + goatee (a small pointed beard)

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Whiskercode

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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Pubelickface

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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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-02: 01:27:00
Today's definition was suggested by Bulletchewer.
Thank you Bulletchewer! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-02: 02:59:00
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. :\

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-02: 11:11:00
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!