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DEFINITION: v., To shed one's skin in an effort to appear younger or healthier. n. The little bits peeling skin caused by overexposure to direct sunlight.
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Curveterderm
Created by: EvelynS
Pronunciation: cur-vehter-derhm
Sentence: Ever since I went to the beach without sunscreen I've started to curveterderm my face.
Etymology: Cur-cure+veter-old+derm-skin
Skinnanga
Created by: leomar
Pronunciation: es-kin-nah-nga
Sentence: skinnanga came from the language of bisaya, but the frirst 2 sylables came from english language, which means SKIN, and nah-nga (nanga) means CARELESS or tinanga (teh-nah-nga)
Etymology:
Tenudermal
Created by: nicolebolavage
Pronunciation: ten-u-derm-al
Sentence: She got a tenudermal in order to appear younger.
Etymology: tenu-stretch derm-skin mal-bad
Skinsosloughed
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: skin-so-sloft
Sentence: Everyone thought Marcy had a bad case of dandruff. No one suspected the white stuff on her shirt was SkinSoSloughed.
Etymology: Product by Avon, slough
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COMMENTS:
very funny!! I laughed out loud when I read this one - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-17: 11:09:00
Glad ya got a chuckle Jabber! - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-17: 16:11:00
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Dermamorphosis
Created by: SnatchRaffle
Pronunciation: Dur mah more foe sis
Sentence: Shelly is so beautiful now that her dermamorphosis has finished. She looks 20 years younger.
Etymology: Derma: skin Morph: to change
Sunscales
Created by: tizher
Pronunciation:
Sentence: No matter how hard she tried, she could not hide her sunscales in the shadows.
Etymology:
Sluffle
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sləfəl
Sentence: If beauty is skin deep, Liz is up to her eyeballs in gorgeous. As she sluffles along through life, she does her best to make to a good first impression but often leaves a bigger impression when she departs. Unfortunately when she gets nervous, she sheds skin much faster than normal. She would have landed the job as the spokeslizard for Geico if she hadn*t shed 3 layers and interviewed looking pink.
Etymology: sluff (slough): shed + shuffle: walk by dragging one*s feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground
Capitdermal
Created by: YourEnglishPal
Pronunciation: CAP-IT-DER-MAL
Sentence: She was afflicted with an unfortunate capitdermal.
Etymology: Capit-Head Der-skin Mal-Bad
Embrell
Created by: leeannhamers
Pronunciation: m-br-elle
Sentence:
Etymology: embaressment - pell
Regenerdysis
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: re/gen/er/dy/sis
Sentence: To maintain a youthful look in the 21st century, my anti-aging consultant and health specialist, recommends regenerdysis twice a year.
Etymology: regenerate + ecdysis (The shedding of an outer integument or layer of skin)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176, and inspired by the fact that I got a little sunburn yesterday -- even though it's September. Thank you MrDave2176! ~ James
rikboyee - 2007-09-17: 04:01:00
its a new one!! oh happy day!!!!
Today's definition was suggested by MrDave2176. Thank you MrDave2176. ~ James