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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.
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Napdoodle
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: nap-dōōd'-əl
Sentence: Ellen wondered why her husband had looked doubtful when she claimed she'd been busy cleaning all day -- although in truth, she had just woken up -- until she began wiping down the mirror, and she realized that she'd been marked by a huge napdoodle covering the whole right side of her face, her exaggeration betrayed by the web of creases from the pillow. She'd had a big snoozemap on her face the whole time.
Etymology: nap (Middle English, from nappen - "to doze") + doodle - "a design, or the like, made by idle scribbling" (Origin: 1935–40, Americanism)
Creasipitation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kree-sip-i-tey-shuh n
Sentence: Tonight's forecast; dark with an 80% chance of creasipitation. That's right, those wrinkles are just gonna rain down on your face.
Etymology: crease (a wrinkle, especially one on the face) + precipitation ( rain, snow, sleet, dew, etc, formed by condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere)
Sheetfaced
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: sheet-fayst
Sentence: after a heavy night of celebrating it was no surprise when i woke up sheetfaced
Etymology: sheet, face, shitfaced
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COMMENTS:
HA! Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-26: 04:43:00
But of course!! Good word. - Mustang, 2007-11-26: 06:34:00
excellent word - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-26: 13:19:00
Bring to mind an old expression - to go to bed, " To go down sheet alley into Bedfordshire." Fine word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-26: 20:47:00
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Sleepdeepleation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: deep/pleet/shun
Sentence: Sally suffered from such severe sleepdeepleation that she had to go to a sleep disorder clinic where the patients were suspended like bats to prevent any nasty folds.
Etymology: sleep + deep + pleat + sleep depletion
Frinkles
Created by: Darkreaper
Pronunciation: F-rinkles
Sentence: He woke up early and sighed when he saw the frinkles left on his face by his furrowed bedsheet.
Etymology: Wrinkle, furrows
Rinkbaef
Created by: coolkids58
Pronunciation:
Sentence: you have big rinkbaefs
Etymology:
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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Pusspleat
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: POOS - pleet
Sentence: James lifted his head from the pillow and turned off the alarm before sitting up and looking into the large mirror behind the dresser. The pusspleats in his face formed a perfect map of Bolivia and he scrambled off to find his digital camera to capture it before it faded from view.
Etymology: puss (slang for ones countenance) and pleats (pressed creases in fabric)
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:
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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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