Verboticism: Clothophile
DEFINITION: v. To have a favorite article of clothing with which you develop a personal, and even a deeply fulfilling, relationship. n. A much loved article of clothing.
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Fashionation
Created by: babel
Pronunciation: fash-un-aysh-un
Sentence: Jenny had an uncontrollable and unfortunate fashionation with a glove that had once been discarded by Michael Jackson.
Etymology: fashion + fascination
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COMMENTS:
hey babel, that's a fashionating word! - wordmeister, 2006-12-14: 11:07:00
poor michael jackson... - wordmeister, 2006-12-14: 11:07:00
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Clothicon
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation: Cluh/Thi/Con
Sentence: This guy really is a clothicon... look how he treats his shoes, as if they're human!
Etymology: Derivated word from "lolicon", word that means a person with a lolita complex.
Fashiophilia
Created by: daveleack
Pronunciation: fash e o filia
Sentence: My girlfriend suffers from fashiophilia. She's made up back stories for each of her pairs of shoes. Pretty detailed histories that she can't help but recount at parties.
Etymology: From fashion (popular clothing styles) and philia (having a deep fondness for)
Monoclothingphila
Created by: ennia
Pronunciation: Mono-Clothing- Philia
Sentence: My sister had serious monoclothingphila with her mini skirt.
Etymology:
Sweettee
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: swēttē
Sentence: Billy Bob just loves his NASCAR. Nothing gets him pumped up more than a good ol’ Sunday afternoon of racing. And of course he has to wear his authentic, signed Jimmy Johnson teeshirt. There’s nothing like a man wearin’ a shirt with a picture of another man and a badass car and an explosion in the background. He just loves him some Jimmy Johnson. That’s his sweettee. But not THAT kinda sweet and not THAT kinda lovin’. Thatud just be wrong.
Etymology: sweet (delightful) tee (t-shirt)
Dresstress
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dress/tress
Sentence: His wife found out about his dresstress when she saw him carrying on with his Hugo Boss suit.
Etymology: dress + mistress
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COMMENTS:
Is this autobiographical? nice mash-up! - wordmeister, 2006-12-14: 15:12:00
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Clovething
Created by: maker
Pronunciation: C-love-thing
Sentence: My 20 year old jeans are my favourite piece of clovething.
Etymology: Clothing + Love = Clovething
Sweetshirt
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sweet-shurt
Sentence: Al isn't much for fashion. If he had his way he would be able to wear a pair of shorts and his sweetshirt all the time. It's old and stained. You can barely make out the faded college logo on the threadbare fabric but he claims it is broken in just right.
Etymology: sweet (infatuated with; in love with) + sweatshirt (a loose, long-sleeved, collarless pullover of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, with close-fitting or elastic cuffs and sometimes a drawstring at the waist, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating)
