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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 v., To save outdated clothing hoping that it will come back into style.
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Hopeshion
Created by: thesteeles
Pronunciation: hope-shun
Sentence: Sadly, Uncle Lenny still has his bell bottoms hopeshioned in his bureau drawer, waiting on that call from Laverne.
Etymology: hope + fashion
Rofashtation
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: roh-fash-tey-shuhn
Sentence: His mustard puke colored polyester jumpsuit was a tight fit but he was certain that it had become a much needed item of his rofashtation closet along with his white clem-kah-diddle-hoppers.
Etymology: rotation (circle or cycle) + fashion
Reincordnation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ree/in/cord/nay/shun
Sentence: When young Jack started out on his Kerouacian road trip it was time for the reincordnation of his father's favourite pair of time weathered cords.
Etymology: reincarnation + cord (short for corduroy)
Retroptimism
Created by: Stackd
Pronunciation: ret-trop-tim-iz-uhm
Sentence: Her retroptimism paid off when her bonnet came back into style.
Etymology: Combination of retro and optimism
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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
Reattire
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: re at tyre
Sentence: After Annie had tired of an outfit, she would reattire it for a while in the hopes that it would come into style again and that no one would remember she wore it. Sounds ideal, except her clothing bills were big and she need 6 closets to house all her potential back to he future outfits.
Etymology: Retire (withdraw from active participation) & Attire (clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion;put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive)
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)
Dinochic
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: die-NO-sheek
Sentence: Bob had a fashback when he saw his daughter, Emily, in a pair of Roxie's bellbottoms -1970s vintage- and suggested that they must have come from pantiquity. But Roxie and Emily, ignoring Bob's sarcasm, agreed that her comeback clobber looked dinochic.
Etymology: Blend of "dino" (meaning old - not terrible) & 'chic" : style, elegance.
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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