Verboticism: Decawear

'That skirt is way too short!'

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 v., To save outdated clothing hoping that it will come back into style.

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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

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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

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Retrocloseting

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ret-ro-cloz-ett-ing

Sentence: Eunice had a spare closet built for the sole purpose of keeping outdated fashions and she devoted it entirely to retrocloseting.

Etymology: retro - from the past, + closet

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Hautepants

libertybelle

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

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Fashionticipate

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: fash-en-TISS-eh-payt

Sentence: Ignoring the criticism she took from so many people, Eloise continued fashionticipate, not only shopping in used clothing stores, but saving her mothers discarded clothing as well, fully expecting last years styles to one day become top fashion again.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'fashion' and 'anticipate'.

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Dejavogue

Created by: kabloozie

Pronunciation: day-jah-vOg

Sentence: Mom, I don't think that Dynasty era jacket and those massive shoulder pads are in dejavogue just yet.

Etymology: deja vu + vogue

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COMMENTS:

...getting out my Dolphin shorts any day now... - kabloozie, 2007-10-17: 02:51:00

MrDave2176 You and I seem to be on the same channel...(or is that Chanel?) - MrDave2176, 2007-10-17: 17:22:00

Excellent! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-17: 17:45:00

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Clairvogueance

MrDave2176

Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: clair-VOHG-ance

Sentence: Cindy's clairvogance paid off once again as she was able to war her flares again. She was holding out hope that one day her Jordache jeans would survive the cyclothrend. cyclothrend(cy-CLO-trend): The cyclical nature of fashion.

Etymology: Clair(voy)ance + vogue.

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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)

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Retrousseau

karenanne

Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: reh tro ooh SO

Sentence: My mother bribed me to help her clean out her basement by saying that I could take whatever I wanted. I found what amounted to a retrousseau of the 80's clothes that she wore in college. Although I wasn't interested in wearing any of them, I knew they would be valuable to someone. Sure enough, the vintage clothing store gave me $300!

Etymology: retro + trousseau (collection of clothing)

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Fashionticipation

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: fash-uhn-tiss-uh-PAY-shun

Sentence: Despite the criticism she took from so many people, Serediptity continued to follow her sense of fashionticipation and had not only saved her mothers old clothes, she regularly shopped in used clothing stores, flea markets and yard sales looking for fashion items from the 50's and 60's, believing they will all come back into style in time.

Etymology: Blend of fashion and anticipation.

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COMMENTS:

Good word - TJayzz, 2008-09-15: 07:18:00

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