Verboticism: Tresstology
DEFINITION: v. To assess an individual's current mental state, or identify hidden personality traits, through careful analysis of their hairstyle. n. A method of psychoanalysis based hairdos and don'ts.
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Frizzalysis
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Friz-al-ie-sis
Sentence: Rigourous Frizzalysis indicates that 'a bad hair day is worth two in the bush', so to speak, ahem.
Etymology: Entangling of 1)Frizz - wild or uncontrolable hair (informal) and 2) Analysis - nothing whatever to do with the rectum, usually.
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COMMENTS:
frizztastic! - jrogan, 2009-07-30: 09:00:00
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Afronalysis
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: afrōnaləsis
Sentence: People could tell Latonya\'s mood by a simple process of afronalysis. If her afro is brushed and picked out she was feeling fine. If it is flat, things were not so good. If she is wearing a baseball cap everybody better stay clear. The technique fell completely apart the day she showed up with a buzz cut.
Etymology: Afro (a thick hairstyle with very tight curls that sticks out all around the head, like the natural hair of some black people) + analysis (a system of psychological theory and therapy that aims to treat mental disorders)
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COMMENTS:
yes the definition leaves out the bald! Good word! - splendiction, 2009-07-30: 23:20:00
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Tresstimate
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: tress-te-mayt
Sentence: as she walked in the room it was clear that 90% of the people there had already started tresstimating her abilities
Etymology: tress, estimate
Doodiligents
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: doo dili gents
Sentence: When Tress was having a bad hair day, everyone knew it. The men in her life learned to stay clear if her ends were split or if her mane problem was her coiffure. They were examples of doodiligents and they knew Tress would cut, tease and brush them off if they cropped her style. They knew the fall out would be permanent and the best treatment was to streak out of her way and not frost her off worse. By extension, the mane reason they liked her was that her locks were to dye for, shorn nuff. Just don't get her dander up...
Etymology: Due Diligence (Investigation and analysis a prudent entrepreneur, owner, executive, or lender does in making business decisions.) & Doo (hair-do)
Barnetologist
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: bar net olo gist
Sentence: he was a true barnetologist, able to read right through the hair line.
Etymology: barnet, an English colloquialism of a hair do.
Hairedity
Created by: Kevcom2007
Pronunciation: hair/ed/it/ee
Sentence: Her hairedity is terrible today!
Etymology: Hair + (Her)edity
Rapuzzle
Created by: dekra
Pronunciation: rah-puzzle
Sentence: She presented a new attitude every, with the same golden smile, but a very different rapuzzle. They would watch her from the office window, changing the the tone of their greetings and timbre of their voices based on the level of frizzy topography her locks presented.
Etymology: Rapunzel(Classic fairy tale character with long golden hair) + Puzzle
Hairpinion
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: hair-pin-yun
Sentence: It was everyone's hairpinion that Martha's constant hairstyle changes reflected her moods. If she was having a good day her hair looked well groomed, but if she had a fight with her boyfriend she looked pretty ratty.
Etymology: hair + hairpin: a little metal thing which is used to keep hair out of one's face + opinion: a conclusion that was based on belief instead of concrete facts.
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COMMENTS:
A neat and stylish word. I bet your hair looks good today! - jrogan, 2009-07-30: 09:06:00
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Groomreading
Created by: mdschermer
Pronunciation: GROOM-rea-ding
Sentence: After some careful groomreading, I have decided that you must be one confused individual and are not just having a bad hair day.
Etymology: to groom + to read