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DEFINITION: n., The deep red lines and/or furrows, which appear on a person's face after they have slept on wrinkled or creased bed sheets. v., To wake up and discover that your face matches your wrinkled bed sheets.
Verboticisms
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Ripvanwrinkle
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: rip-van-WRING-kuhl
Sentence: After having forty winks which seemed like forty years to her, Roxie was horrified on waking to find her face ripvanwrinkled in a deep red phizgrid.
Etymology: Ripvanwrinkle: blend of wrinkle & Rip Van Winkle, an Irving Washington character who slept for 20 years. Phizgrid: Conflation of phiz: slang for face from physiognomy & grid: a network of crossing horizontal and vertical lines.
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COMMENTS:
great minds and all that - that was the first word that sprang to my mind - so many good words today - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-26: 13:18:00
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Fortywrinks
Created by: hendrixius
Pronunciation: /for-tee-rinks/
Sentence: While catching a nap during her lunch break, Sarah awoke to find carpet related fortywrinks all about her face.
Etymology: "forty-winks" and "wrinkles"
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-26: 20:36:00
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Wrinkidermis
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ring/ki/dur/mis
Sentence: It takes at least four, or five hours after I wake up to overcome wrinkidermis suffered on creased pillow.
Etymology: wrinkle + epidermis
Slumburrows
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: slum-ber-rohs
Sentence: Wendy tried to make it look like she'd been up-and-at-'em for hours, but the bedvidence of her recently sleeping was clearly written in the slumburrows of her face.
Etymology: slumber, burrows
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COMMENTS:
Excellent verboticism!! - Mustang, 2007-11-26: 07:02:00
Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-26: 20:50:00
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Sheetfaced
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: shētfāst
Sentence: After a late night of partying and a very short stint face down on the bed Lillie found that she was again sheetfaced.
Etymology: sheet (a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed) + face (the front part of a person*s head from the forehead to the chin) a play off sh*tfaced
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COMMENTS:
aha - Nosila, 2010-03-20: 00:06:00
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Cheekprints
Created by: contiki
Pronunciation: cheek prints
Sentence: I woke up with some crazy cheekprints this morning. Looked like a treasure map on my face.
Etymology:
Pillowface
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌpɪloʊˈfeɪs/
Sentence: Pillowface is much worse when your pillow is something other than an actual pillow, such as a spiral notebook, a keyboard, or a steering wheel.
Etymology: From pillow + face. Sounds a little like "pillowcase".
Wrinklace
Created by: sipsoccer
Pronunciation: (rink-lace)
Sentence: I woke up this morning and discovered i had wrinklace on my face.
Etymology: wrinkl- derived from wrinkle ace- derived from face
Facingstripes
Created by: bbawden
Pronunciation: Fayss-eeng-straips
Sentence: Susanne was tired of her old look, so she was happy the next morning to find freshly applied facingstripes
Etymology: Face- that thing on your head Stripes, vertical or horizontal lines.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
By the way, Stevenson0's crazy shopping word, "Dealusional", was published in Toronto Star as one of Top the Invented Words of the Week. See: http://www.verbotomy.com/blog/?p=223. Congratulations to Stevenson0 ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James