Verboticism: Rofashtation
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 v., To save outdated clothing hoping that it will come back into style.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
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
Retrothrift
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: retro thrift
Sentence: What to wear to the indie concert? Lemme dig into the bottom of my dad's t-shirt drawer and find a retrothrifty shirt.
Etymology: Retro and thrift
Enssemble
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: on-sem-bul
Sentence: Margaret! You can not dissemble any longer. You have been enssembling for years and the hoardrobe is full of leggings and turbans.
Etymology: ensemble (outfit) + assemble (collect)
Lubricationality
Created by: ilovecheese98
Pronunciation: Lubri-ka-sh-on-al-i-ty
Sentence: That skirt is a form of lubricationality, and know in style.
Etymology: ?
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COMMENTS:
Random! - ilovecheese98, 2010-02-13: 18:10:00
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Reingarbnate
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: re-in-garb-nate
Sentence: Though they were from the 70's, and gave her torso the look of a muffin top, Jenny would occasionally reingarbnate one of her favorite miniskirts.
Etymology: reincarnate, garb
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COMMENTS:
like it - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-17: 13:57:00
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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.
Estiduds
Created by: Mistergoodtimes
Pronunciation: S-T-Duds
Sentence: Though dormant for nearly 20 years, her husband stood appalled as the "estiduds" reemerged from the closet for the annual work party.
Etymology: late sexual revolution, from American STD
