Verboticism: Strandalyze
DEFINITION: v. To assess an individual's current mental state, or identify hidden personality traits, through careful analysis of their hairstyle. n. A method of psychoanalysis based hairdos and don'ts.
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Afronalysis
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: afrōnaləsis
Sentence: People could tell Latonya\'s mood by a simple process of afronalysis. If her afro is brushed and picked out she was feeling fine. If it is flat, things were not so good. If she is wearing a baseball cap everybody better stay clear. The technique fell completely apart the day she showed up with a buzz cut.
Etymology: Afro (a thick hairstyle with very tight curls that sticks out all around the head, like the natural hair of some black people) + analysis (a system of psychological theory and therapy that aims to treat mental disorders)
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COMMENTS:
yes the definition leaves out the bald! Good word! - splendiction, 2009-07-30: 23:20:00
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Coiffid
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: cwaff-id
Sentence: My gosh! James must be going through a hard time if his coiffid is any indication. I've never seen a cowlick quite like that one.
Etymology: coiffe - hairdo id - freud re. basic needs
Tresstest
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tress test
Sentence: Monty had figured out that when people had bad hair days, they usually had bad mood days. He called it his tresstest and if you looked like Rapunzel, you would likely be in a good mood, but if you looked like Medusa, you were to be avoided at all costs. The words hair trigger were coined for a reason...
Etymology: Tress (lock of hair) & Test (any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc); WordPlay on StressTest (a test measuring how a system functions when subjected to controlled amounts of stress)
Toupeestimation
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: too pay' stim ay' shun
Sentence: In my professional toupeestimation, one should be wary of hairstylists with shaved heads.
Etymology: toupee + estimation
Hairfreak
Created by: kevinrio
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She's hairfreaking me out!
Etymology:
Trichoanalysis
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: try-co-a-nal-a-sis
Sentence: Sven gave up his psychology course for hairdressing, but still liked to analyse his customers. He called it trichoanalysis
Etymology: trich (prefix meaning hair or thread) + psychoanalysis (you know what that is)
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COMMENTS:
Somehow I stumbled over this old one and had to have a go. - petaj, 2007-03-07: 03:28:00
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Menthairity
Created by: ChrisCarrk
Pronunciation: Ment-hair-it-ee
Sentence: Her menthairity was all wrong today.
Etymology: Mentality+hair
Hairedity
Created by: Kevcom2007
Pronunciation: hair/ed/it/ee
Sentence: Her hairedity is terrible today!
Etymology: Hair + (Her)edity
Coiffolgy
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kwah/off/ol/uh/gy
Sentence: Fortunately, he was a recent graduate of coiffolgy 101 and kept a low profile when she entered the room.
Etymology: coiffure + ology
