Verboticism: Bedface
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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Pillowface
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌpɪloʊˈfeɪs/
Sentence: Pillowface is much worse when your pillow is something other than an actual pillow, such as a spiral notebook, a keyboard, or a steering wheel.
Etymology: From pillow + face. Sounds a little like "pillowcase".
Sheetpleated
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: shētplētd
Sentence: Joan had a very difficult time applying makeup to her sheetpleated face this morning. After her skin relaxed, she had more streaks than a ten-year-old windshield wiper.
Etymology: sheet (a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed to cover the mattress) + pleated (a double or multiple fold in a garment or other item made of cloth)
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
Slumburrows
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: slum-ber-rohs
Sentence: Wendy tried to make it look like she'd been up-and-at-'em for hours, but the bedvidence of her recently sleeping was clearly written in the slumburrows of her face.
Etymology: slumber, burrows
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COMMENTS:
Excellent verboticism!! - Mustang, 2007-11-26: 07:02:00
Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-26: 20:50:00
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Rumpledsheetskin
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: rumpled/sheet/skin
Sentence: Rumpledsheetskin is a malady that affects nearly everyone I know.
Etymology: rumpled + sheet + skin + Rumplestiltskin
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COMMENTS:
Great word porsche! Perfectly describes it. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-26: 18:23:00
Does indeed. Great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-26: 20:43:00
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Kipanwrinkle
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Kip-an-rink-el
Sentence: When Lucy awoke from her slumber she as horrified to discover that she was suffering the kipanwrinkle syndrome. Everything was clear when she looked at her sheets and saw how crumpled they were.
Etymology: Kip(to sleep) + wrinkle(a line or fold in the skin of the face) = Kipanwrinkle. See also Rip Van Winkle(a short story of a villager of Dutch descent, who slept or twenty years
Discomforter
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dis kom for ter
Sentence: Each morning since she turned 40, Mary had woken up with a discomforter, not a comforter, with her in bed. The pain was caused by the wrinkle tracts left on her face from her bedding. It took her face an hour to pop out these furrows and Mary was very worried that one day soon, they would stay permanently.
Etymology: Discomfort (an uncomfortable feeling in some part of the body) & Comforter (bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together;quilt;duvet)
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)
Rinkbaef
Created by: coolkids58
Pronunciation:
Sentence: you have big rinkbaefs
Etymology:
Facingstripes
Created by: bbawden
Pronunciation: Fayss-eeng-straips
Sentence: Susanne was tired of her old look, so she was happy the next morning to find freshly applied facingstripes
Etymology: Face- that thing on your head Stripes, vertical or horizontal lines.