Verboticism: Dumprove
DEFINITION: v. intr., To compensate for emotional rejection by trying to change one's appearance through aggressive dieting, exercise and/or plastic surgery -- common among aging divorcees.
Dumprove
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: dum-proov
Sentence: After the divorce, Bert decided he needed to dumprove his image. He lost his unibrow with the help of Nair, but his beach-ball belly was going to need drastic surgery.
Etymology: dump, improve
Points: 572
Comments: Dumprove
Scrumpy - 2007-09-20: 10:12:00
I thought the unibrow was fashionable again. Hmmm... Great word!