Verboticism: Retrothrift
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 v., To save outdated clothing hoping that it will come back into style.
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Geriatticwear
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: jerry-attic-wear
Sentence: Kim climbed the ladder in search of geriatticwear from her grandmother's old trunk because it was considered campy and hip. She found some tie-dye shirts, torn jeans, granny glasses and peace signs. Her grandmother smiled, remembering when she, too, dug around in her grandmother's closet for campy clothing from the flapper era. It was truly regeneration -- everything old becomes new again to the next generation.
Etymology: geriatric: old, obsolescent, worn out + attic: a place or room in the roof of a house used to store old articles of clothing, toys and furniture + wear: outfit, ensemble
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COMMENTS:
Grandmother? Ouch! I still have a tye-dyed shirt or 2. - artr, 2010-02-12: 06:51:00
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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)
Demoderlode
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dee mode er lode
Sentence: When Wendy started wearing her Mom's bell bottom pants, mini skirts and Indian guru patterned shirts, she realized she had hit the Demoderlode of high fashion. What worked for her Mom thirty to forty years before had all of a sudden become trendy, de riguer and happening now. Luckily they were the same size and even her cool folks thought she suited the swinging sixty looks. Thank Goodness, her Mom never threw anything out!
Etymology: demode (out of fashion;outmoded) & Motherlode (the main vein of ore in a deposit;the Bonanza;the main prize)
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COMMENTS:
TrendyWendy cracks me up! Nice ento, too. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-15: 02:19:00
I meant etymology, Nosila.
main vein....good name for a band. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-15: 02:24:00
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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'.
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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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)
Neandershawl
Created by: verbony
Pronunciation: knee-ander-shawl
Sentence: To find the right outfit for retro theme party, Sharon went to the neandershawl section of her closet
Etymology: neanterthal+shawl
Neoretroutfit
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nee-oh-re-trout-fit
Sentence: Joyce just found a trunk in the attic of clothes that were her mothers. The neoretroutfit she put together made her mom look like a hippie but her like a hooker. At least that's what her father thinks.
Etymology: neo (new) + retro (of or designating the style of an earlier time) + outfit (a set of usually matching or harmonious garments and accessories worn together)
Recrudressence
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n.) rē'krōō-děs'děns; (tr. v.) rē'krōō-děs'
Sentence: Despite Velma's desperate hope that her closetsful of Jonathan Logan polyester pantsuits will one day reenter the vogue, such recrudressence will sadly never see the light of day.
Etymology: recru[desc]ence = breaking out afresh + dress
