Verboticism: Dejavogue
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 v., To save outdated clothing hoping that it will come back into style.
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Hautepants
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: haw-te - pants
Sentence: I can't believe that Marlene thans that she can hautepants herself back into that Nehru jacket. she's gained atleast 100 pounds saince it was in fashion.
Etymology: haute -pertaining to fashion + pants; a play on the word hot pants
Investiment
Created by: Ashbolte
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Its too small now, but I'll leave it in my wardrobe as an investiment for when I join a gym
Etymology: investment and 'verstire'-to dress
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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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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Retrodont
Created by: NeuroGlyph
Pronunciation: Just like it sounds.
Sentence: My dad totally pulled a retrodont and wore this ugly Christmas sweater from the 70s to a family affair.
Etymology: RETRO ~ backwards, bringing it back DONT ~ do not engage in
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)
Whoredrobe
Created by: ericsimmons39
Pronunciation: HOR-drobe
Sentence: I told my wife in the 80's pleather pants were unattractive. I have no idea why she's taking out of the whoredrobe now.
Etymology: Whore + Wardrobe = Whoredrobe
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COMMENTS:
hoardrobe would have been good. - petaj, 2007-10-18: 05:33:00
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Misetyle
Created by: mandapanda
Pronunciation: miz-eh-tyle
Sentence:
Etymology: comes from misery style..or style that causes misery
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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