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'You're wearing that to the dance?'

DEFINITION: n. A fashion accessory, or an approach to personal hygiene, which is designed, not to attract others, but rather to repel them. v. To dress for protection.

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Keepouterwear

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: keep out er ware

Sentence: Stacie put on her keepouterware when she had to go through parts of Harlem to take out cash.

Etymology: Keep out + Outerwear (clothes)

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Dressgusting

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: dress - gust - ting

Sentence: It was dressgusting how Irma put herself together before she met a new client. One would think that even if she was a great saleswomen, her clients would still leave her.

Etymology: dress, disgusting

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Shmuckishwear

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Shmuk-ish-ware

Sentence: Don't you realize that wearing shmuckishwear nobody will even look twice at you Leona?

Etymology: Shmuckish; Slang for Schmuck and added ish to show ownership of being a shmuckish type of person...;An insulting term for a stupid person or dim-witted fool that dresses to look unattractive on purpose. Wear; To bear or have on the person as in to wear clothes.

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Conclothing

Created by: aj3131

Pronunciation: Kon-Klothing

Sentence: I wear conclothing to protect myself from social contact.

Etymology: Con(dom)+ Clothing

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COMMENTS:

I wonder if concothing would protect you from the common cold and other social diseases? - wordmeister, 2007-02-23: 09:24:00

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Repparel

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: rep-pa-rel

Sentence: "That weird girl, Rachel, has shown up wearing her repparel. Ugh, why doe she even bother?"

Etymology: a contraction of "repellent" and "apparel"

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Getupugnant

whimsy

Created by: whimsy

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: getup + repugnant

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Primpwimp

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: primp/wimp

Sentence: With a nothing but a bad case of halitosis going for her and a jolly red jumpsuit two sizes too big for her, chances were she was going to win the primpwimp prize of the year at her high school prom.

Etymology: primp + wimp

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Funkoff

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: fun koff

Sentence: Sheila had such a funkoff that everyone in the office gave her at least 3 feet of space so that they could breathe.

Etymology: from funk as in the smell and off to make it sound like an attitude. Also can be linked to funk as in funky dresser. It used to be cool but its not now, think 70's collars.

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COMMENTS:

:) - Antimus, 2007-02-23: 06:11:00

I imagine that Sheila always got a seat to herself on the bus. Lucky her! - wordmeister, 2007-02-23: 09:22:00

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Ohra

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: oh rah

Sentence: She had an unusual ohra, sometimes more a Beeohra, other days an ohohra.

Etymology: aura oh

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Scareolone

Mrgoodtimes

Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: Skair - uh - lohn

Sentence: Death to Infidels T-shirt, check. Porcupine trousers, check. Blood red contacts, check. My scareolone outfit is complete, now to try out my anteater mating ritual dance.

Etymology: Scare - alone, tastes like pheromone

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-23: 00:01:41
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-23: 00:01:41
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-23: 00:01:41
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-23: 00:01:41
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-23: 00:02:18
Hey Verbotomists, take a look at our first Verbotomy e-book "Word Games & Mind Games". You can download it as a PDF from our News page. ~ James.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-23: 00:02:18
Hey Verbotomists, take a look at our first Verbotomy e-book "Word Games & Mind Games". You can download it as a PDF from our News page. ~ James.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-23: 00:02:18
Hey Verbotomists, take a look at our first Verbotomy e-book "Word Games & Mind Games". You can download it as a PDF from our News page. ~ James.

adbern - 2007-02-23: 14:20:00
i'm curious about those panties...

adbern - 2007-02-23: 14:24:00
oepssss...I'm sorry

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-17: 12:55:00
Hey Verbotomists, I am running a little contest next week starring my favorite author, Jasper Fforde. He is a fabulous writer with an extremely fertile imagination. He loves playing with words, so he is perfect for us! We will giving a away copy of his first Thursday Next Book, The Eyre Affair, to the top player next week. So get ready to crank up your creative brain power. It's going to be fun. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2011-01-20: 00:07:00
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James