Verboticism: Disdress
DEFINITION: n. The feeling of anxiety created by the realization that you've arrived at a social event "wearing the wrong thing". v. To arrive at a social function and suddenly realize that you are you are completely over-dressed or worse -- under-dressed!
Disdress
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: diss - Dress
Sentence: Derrick cross-dressed when everyone else was dressed straight. In his dresses, he often got a dressing down from others. Never able to dress right, he went around in a state of disdress.
Etymology: Distress, Dress. Distress - mental suffering. Dress - clothes.
Points: 950
Comments: Disdress
galwaywegian - 2008-12-08: 09:29:00
welcome back silveryaspen!!
OZZIEBOB - 2008-12-08: 16:30:00
Thanks for the reminder: realized, only after I had logged out, that I had forgtten to include "UGH & "UGLY" in the etymology box. See Wikipedia: "Ugg boots are a style of sheepskin boot, with wool as the inner lining and a tanned outer surface worn by both men and women. Ugg boots often have a synthetic sole, although this is not universal. Uggs have been identified as a fashion trend for men and women since the early 2000s. In recent months, Ugg boots have grown again in popularity with men with the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio being spotted in them. They were originally designed to provide bare minimum footwear for under privileged children in southern Australia. They somehow managed, despite their appearance, to gain popularity among boys and girls in the United States and Europe...."
Nosila - 2008-12-08: 23:26:00
It was Derrick's dresstiny!