Verboticism: Transtrender
DEFINITION: n., A fashion item so old that it has gone out of and come back into style. v., To save outdated clothing hoping that it will come back into style.
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Pantiques
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: pan/teeks
Sentence: Dad gave Liz two choices: Mom's crocheted pantiques from the 60's or her knee length poodle skirt from the 50's. No crying or threatening to not come home at all was going to convince him to let her wear mom's micro mini from the 70's.
Etymology: pant + antiques
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COMMENTS:
Every time i scroll thru the weekly results, i see PANTIQUES and laugh out loud. I don't know why- it's just such a funny word. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-15: 02:26:00
Pantastic! - galwaywegian, 2008-09-15: 06:03:00
Like it! - TJayzz, 2008-09-15: 07:17:00
Ok, so I thought I left my "acceptance speech" here but I guess I "commented" it somewhere else...oh well... Thanks to all who voted! :) - lumina, 2008-09-18: 02:30:00
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Revogue
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ree voeg
Sentence: It is true that if you hang onto something long enough, it will come back into style. Sally was delighted to find a trunk of her Mom's swinging sixties and seventies clothes in the attic. Why pay top dollar for revogue copies, when she could get a whole new, skimpy wardrobe for free? That was the only way she could sneak past her father and convince him that she was the height of fashion, not out on the game. In the old days, he'd been so busy trying to get her Mom out of her clothes that he did not recognize them...EEWWWW!
Etymology: Re (to do again;repeat) & Vogue ( the popular taste at a given time) also sounds like revoke (annul by recalling or rescinding)
Decawear
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The drag queen had a closet full of decawear, hoping someday she could wear her old favorites on stage again.
Etymology:
Phoeknicks
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: fee nicks
Sentence: officially they were called hotpants, but she called them phoeknicks, as she revived them every seven years.
Etymology: phoenix (Legendary bird which rises from they ashes every so often), knicks
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-17: 15:51:00
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Fadshion
Created by: pendraghon
Pronunciation: fad-shun
Sentence: The fadshion wear of the 60's has made a come back.
Etymology: fad- trendy, the rage of the day 'shion- derived from fashion
Nostalchic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: nah/stal/chic
Sentence: Her closet is full of nostalchic items from the '60's and '70's which she wears every day.
Etymology: nostalgic + chic
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COMMENTS:
excellent! - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-17: 09:51:00
Oops you beat me to it :) - deepbluenpurple, 2007-10-17: 13:55:00
Great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-17: 17:43:00
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Revesture
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: Ree-vesch-terr
Sentence: Mary of Palamino practises the art of revesture every day. Too poor to afford new clothes, Mary revests her 1970's garments - and although old, they are perfectly in style...
Etymology: re (to do something again) / vesture (piece of garment)
Recyclothing
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: rēˈsīk-ˈklōði ng
Sentence: Jenny was so proud of her recyclothing. She had carefully packed away some of the stuff her mother had wanted to give to charity because it was so out of date. Now the style was hip again and she had a new wardrobe that cost her nothing. What she didn't count on was that this new version featured a whole different color scheme and fabric choices. She also found that thirty-year-old food stains that seemed minor when she squirreled them away were now beacons of cheap.
Etymology: recycle (convert (waste) into reusable material) + clothing (clothes collectively)
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COMMENTS:
I like it! :) - lumina, 2008-09-15: 05:40:00
Beacons of cheap! Great.How do you get all those fancy fonts to work? - metrohumanx, 2008-09-15: 15:23:00
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Frockpile
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒkˌpaɪl/
Sentence: I've still got my powdered wig frockpiled away in my closet somewhere, just in case they come back in style.
Etymology: from frock + stockpile
