Verboticisms

Created by: naptunder

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Created by: theantiipod

Pronunciation: Hair-os-copy

Sentence: I used my super cool hairoscopy skills to determine what type of person you are.

Etymology: Hair + scope

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Created by: Ahoytheship

Pronunciation: cwough-a-lize

Sentence: They were able coifalyze the afro-headed chick from across the room.

Etymology: Coif+Analyze

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Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: hair-bal-ol-a-gee

Sentence: Even though she was highly paid, professional hairballologist, Cynthia often doubted her expertise -- especially in the morning, when she looked in the mirror and saw an airhead.

Etymology: hairball + ology

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: kwah-fyoor-reed

Sentence: Judging by his greasy comb-over they coiffuread that he was fighting the aging process and his mirrors at home were filthy.

Etymology: coiffure (a style of arranging or combing the hair) + read (to interpret the meaning of by scrutiny or observation)

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Created by: dragonprincess

Pronunciation: hair-i-sist

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: tress test

Sentence: Monty had figured out that when people had bad hair days, they usually had bad mood days. He called it his tresstest and if you looked like Rapunzel, you would likely be in a good mood, but if you looked like Medusa, you were to be avoided at all costs. The words hair trigger were coined for a reason...

Etymology: Tress (lock of hair) & Test (any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc); WordPlay on StressTest (a test measuring how a system functions when subjected to controlled amounts of stress)

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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.

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Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: cwaff-id

Sentence: My gosh! James must be going through a hard time if his coiffid is any indication. I've never seen a cowlick quite like that one.

Etymology: coiffe - hairdo id - freud re. basic needs

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Created by: GreatRandew

Pronunciation: Hair-T-Molo-gy

Sentence: A recent professer of Hairtomolgy as discovered that people with Bed-Head have a greater chance of being grouchy due to poor Sleep

Etymology: Hair - Etmology

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