Verboticism: Aromalarm
DEFINITION: n. Anxiety caused by fear that one's body odor may offend others; often exacerbated when required to remove heavy sweaters, or footwear.v. To worry about the way you smell.
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Coldorsweat
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: kol - dor - swet
Sentence: Mr. Badd O. Door came over to my house wearing a a leather jacket, leather pants and heavy leather boots during a hot summer's day last year. I complimented them about his boots and he asked me if I wanted to try them. It was kind of a dare actually, since those boots seemed to be heavy. I quickly said, "Yes, take them off." And not missing a beat, he sped off like Flash into the horizon. I guess coldorsweat must have overcome him.
Etymology: cold sweat (figurative language associated with uneasiness) + odor
Wiffphobia
Created by: charmed3
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: From the stinking past
Whiffident
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: wif-i-duhnt
Sentence: The leather jacket plus the jog to work, due to the flat tire, left Juan a little whiffident and so he kept it on all day.
Etymology: Whiff - Diffident
Toejambrosia
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: toe\jam-ˈbrō-zh(ē-)ə\
Sentence: A faint whiff! of toejambrosia puffed like a delicate cloud from Marylou's Pink Tony Lama's as she quickly yanked them off and lassoed her legs around her cowboy Jake. Yee-Hah!
Etymology: Combination of Toe jam and ambrosia-the ointment or perfume of the gods
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COMMENTS:
Love it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:41:00
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Smelfconsciousness
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: smelf KON shus nes
Sentence: Kara's extreme smelfconsciousness kept her from enjoying herself while dancing. She refused invitations to dance, which led men to think she was aloof and self-centered, but her friends knew she was just self-SCENTered.
Etymology: smell + self-consciousness
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COMMENTS:
perfect word for the definition! - splendiction, 2009-11-12: 21:27:00
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Halitoesies
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: halitōzēz
Sentence: The Scout group loved to go hiking. Days of trekking in heavy-duty boots left some of the troop with a bad case of foot stank. One member (name withheld to save embarrassment) was granted a special dispensation from the group leader to stick his un-booted feet out the car window because of his advanced halitosies.
Etymology: halitosis (technical term for bad breath) + toesies (any of the five digits at the end of the human foot)
Whiffsteria
Created by: jonzerofourteen
Pronunciation: wif-ster-ee-uh
Sentence: Tom usually suffered terribly from whiffsteria. His anxiety about people smelling his body odor forced him to seek therapy. And what a change! Thanks to his therapist, he still stunk to high heaven, but he didn't worry about it anymore. His whiffsteria was cured.
Etymology: whiff (trace of odor or smell) + hysteria (outburst of emotion or fear)
Sweathreat
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: swet thret
Sentence: "Dang it", said the Lone Ranger. "I knew I should have never worn these fancy new boots to my faithful companion Tonto's party. They make my feet so hot that I am afraid of being a sweathreat to everyone there!" It was too late to turn Silver around and go home, so the Masked Man went up and knocked at the flap of Tonto's teepee. His anxiety evaporated when Tonto bade him enter and told him to remove his boots and be comfortable. When he hesitated, Tonto knew what was wrong right away (he had that esp thingy going) and said, "Don't worry about your feet,Kimo Sabe, because this is a Sweat Lodge anyway!" The Lone Ranger laughed and relaxed until Tonto said, "Besides it's only the two of us tonight..."
Etymology: Sweat (perspiration;body odor) & Threat (a warning that something unpleasant is imminent)
Fearoma
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fee a roma
Sentence: When Clayton was invited over for games night at his neighbours, he insisted on keeping his boots on, lest the fearoma commence. Everything was fine until he landed on the B&O Railroad in the Monopoly game.
Etymology: Fear (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) & Aroma (a smell, odor)
