Verboticism: Hoardarize
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 v., To save outdated clothing hoping that it will come back into style.
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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:
Reattire
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /ri:ə'taɪə/
Sentence: The girl tried to explain her father that the skirt she was wearing was one of her mother's reattires.
Etymology: REATTIRE. n. From Re (Pref. Again; anew. Backward; back) + Attire (Clothing or array; apparel)
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COMMENTS:
Everything old is new again.... - Nosila, 2008-09-15: 21:37:00
Good one. - lumina, 2008-09-16: 10:43:00
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Transtrender
Created by: fourgirls
Pronunciation: trans trend er
Sentence: Craig's skinny knit tie was considered a transtrendy disaster at the global migration ball.
Etymology: trans: on the other side of, across, through trend: a vogue, current style
Retrothrift
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: retro thrift
Sentence: What to wear to the indie concert? Lemme dig into the bottom of my dad's t-shirt drawer and find a retrothrifty shirt.
Etymology: Retro and thrift
Undeadthread
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: un.ded.thred
Sentence: It was the 80s all over again with Rachel prancing around in the undeadthread of baggy shirt and leggings
Etymology: the undead, thread
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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Restycle
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: ree-STYE-kuhl
Sentence: Alex finally got round to restycling his stone-washed jeans and Members Only jacket, but his date was not impressed.
Etymology: recycle + style
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COMMENTS:
And oy, of course, now I think of a better word. - mplsbohemian, 2007-10-17: 20:53:00
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