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DEFINITION: v., To shed one's skin in an effort to appear younger or healthier. n. The little bits peeling skin caused by overexposure to direct sunlight.

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Sluffle

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sləfəl

Sentence: If beauty is skin deep, Liz is up to her eyeballs in gorgeous. As she sluffles along through life, she does her best to make to a good first impression but often leaves a bigger impression when she departs. Unfortunately when she gets nervous, she sheds skin much faster than normal. She would have landed the job as the spokeslizard for Geico if she hadn*t shed 3 layers and interviewed looking pink.

Etymology: sluff (slough): shed + shuffle: walk by dragging one*s feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground

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Dermabairnsion

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: durma/bearn/shun

Sentence: The new medical procedure dermabairnsion ensures skin as smooth as a baby's bottom.

Etymology: dermabrasion + bairn (baby)

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COMMENTS:

Derma & bairn: great word element blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-17: 18:25:00

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Comply

Created by: kyrie

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Cuteickle

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: kew-tick-al

Sentence: Melanie went for a cuteicure. She wanted to get that fresh appeeling look of a cuteickle that her teenage daughter naturally had.

Etymology: cuticle + cute + ick

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Tenuanim

Created by: AcesOfHearts

Pronunciation: Ten-u-an-um

Sentence: She began to tenuanim her skin as she came back in from the hot sun from the beach outside.

Etymology: Tenu-Stretch Anim-Life

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Skinvigorate

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: skin-vig-or-ayt

Sentence: getting rid of my outer layer left me feeling skinvigorated

Etymology: skin, invigorate

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Sunscales

Created by: tizher

Pronunciation:

Sentence: No matter how hard she tried, she could not hide her sunscales in the shadows.

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Capitdermal

Created by: YourEnglishPal

Pronunciation: CAP-IT-DER-MAL

Sentence: She was afflicted with an unfortunate capitdermal.

Etymology: Capit-Head Der-skin Mal-Bad

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Helimalskinian

Created by: ysledd

Pronunciation: Heli-mal-skin-ian

Sentence: Because he didn't wear sunblock, he became a helimalskinian with blisters and dead skin covering his face.

Etymology: Heli: sun mal: bad skin ian: one connected with

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Huskiderm

Created by: Jenna

Pronunciation: huhsk-e-durm

Sentence: My mother went to the Spa for a HUSKIDERM, as she felt it give her a new glow. Two days after being burnt to a crisp by the sun, Sally was leaving bits of HUSKIDERM everywhere.

Etymology: Husk-Epidermis

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-09-17: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176, and inspired by the fact that I got a little sunburn yesterday -- even though it's September. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James

rikboyee - 2007-09-17: 04:01:00
its a new one!! oh happy day!!!!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-01-25: 00:00:00
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James