Verboticism: Disskinbobulated
DEFINITION: n., The fear of eating the skins of fruits, vegetables, or small animals. v., To worry about saving one's skin while chewing on a rind, peel, or pelt.
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Skintimidation
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: skin-tim-id-ay-shun
Sentence: The potato looked great inside, but the skintimidation proved too much for him, and he moved on to the peas and carrots.
Etymology: intimidation, skin
Skinedible
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: skinedəbəl
Sentence: Ruby is afraid of any food that has an exterior that is different than its interior. She sees it as skinedible. To her, even skinadvertent skingestion of skin is skinappropriate. It gives her skindigestion. She won*t even drink hot chocolate that has started to cool.
Etymology: skin (the thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal) + inedible (not fit to be eaten)
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COMMENTS:
good one! - mrskellyscl, 2010-02-03: 06:39:00
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Skinsitivity
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: skin si TIV i tee
Sentence: Hy Pokondriak had a rare psychological skinsitivity to eating any kind of fruit or vegetable covering or animal skin. It wasn't merely that the taste was unappeeling; he pelt so terrified that he had to run and hide. Even pie crust was a little scary. He had been in therapy for years in an attempt to peel back the layers of the phobia. But it didn't help that the only psychiatric practice in the whole area was "Hull, Husker, and Schell."
Etymology: skin + sensitivity
Skinskittish
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: skin + skittish
Sentence: The skinskittish children reluctantly ate the grapes, then finally accepted the fact that their purple mouths and hands would be with them for days.
Etymology: skin (the outer layer of an organism) + skittish (jumpy or jittery)
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COMMENTS:
Being skinskittish would cause them to have a great deal of skinsternation. - Mustang, 2008-09-08: 22:19:00
Kids like that would have Grape Expectations! - Nosila, 2008-09-09: 00:32:00
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Rindsternation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: rynd-styr-NAY-shun
Sentence: Melinda was frozen with rindsternation anytime she was faced with the prospect of eating the skin of any produce or animal, fearing that it would block up or otherwise harm her digestive system yet she couldn't bear throwing them away fearing they could bring some sort of harm to others.
Etymology: Blend of 'skin' (peel or rind) and 'consternation' (amazement or dismay that hinders or throws one into confusion)
Skinflinch
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: skin/flinch
Sentence: Sue was such a skinflinch that she gagged every time she passed by a basket of peaches.
Etymology: skinflint + flinch
Rindophobia
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: rind-o-foh-be-a
Sentence: Tim was such a rindophobic that he accused me of being Hannibal Lecter for trying to serve him potato skins.
Etymology: rind + ooohhhhh! + phobia
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COMMENTS:
Straight and clear. I tried the medical approach, but didn't really like the result: "chrotophobia" (chroto-Gk:skin)& "Phloephobia" Phloe-Gk: bark, rind, peel) - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-08: 18:55:00
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Peelophobia
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: peel o fobe eya
Sentence: Jackie had a tremendous case of peelophobia. She could not bare to look at an orange rind, apple parings or a banana peel, never mind eat them. She could not even eat in a steakhouse, lest they serve potato skins. They did not appeel to her at all.
Etymology: Peel (the rind of a fruit or vegetable) & POhobia (Unnatural fear;an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things)
Dermaversion
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: 'durm a vur zhun
Sentence: Jenny Dole had long had her serious condition; dermaversion, ever since Bob would force her to eat not only the fruits, but all their skins entirely!
Etymology: derma: skin + aversion: a fear of, scared
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COMMENTS:
THIS DEFINITION WAS A DIFFICULT STRUGGLE CAUSE IT WAS SO MORBID!!:( AND WHO IS VOTING SO MUCH IT'S OFF THE CHARTS - DrWebsterIII, 2012-11-09: 05:15:00
i'm glad with the voting enthusiasts - DrWebsterIII, 2012-11-09: 05:37:00
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