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'Why do you iron our sheets every night?'

DEFINITION: n., The deep red lines and/or furrows, which appear on a person's face after they have slept on wrinkled or creased bed sheets. v., To wake up and discover that your face matches your wrinkled bed sheets.

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Nightscrawlers

Created by: Bullwinkle

Pronunciation: nite-scr-all'ers

Sentence: her face was etched with nightscrawlers.

Etymology: Night + scrawl(scribble.) Akin to worms(night crawlers)

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Sheetfaced

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: sheet-fayst

Sentence: after a heavy night of celebrating it was no surprise when i woke up sheetfaced

Etymology: sheet, face, shitfaced

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COMMENTS:

HA! Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-26: 04:43:00

But of course!! Good word. - Mustang, 2007-11-26: 06:34:00

excellent word - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-26: 13:19:00

Bring to mind an old expression - to go to bed, " To go down sheet alley into Bedfordshire." Fine word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-26: 20:47:00

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Sleepdeepleation

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: deep/pleet/shun

Sentence: Sally suffered from such severe sleepdeepleation that she had to go to a sleep disorder clinic where the patients were suspended like bats to prevent any nasty folds.

Etymology: sleep + deep + pleat + sleep depletion

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Naplication

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: nap-li-ca-shen

Sentence: Naplication is a perfect excuse for my wrinkles. At this age, it's hard to tell if the wrinkles are from the pillow or if I really look like that.

Etymology: nap: + plication: the act or process of folding

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Sheetpleated

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: shētplētd

Sentence: Joan had a very difficult time applying makeup to her sheetpleated face this morning. After her skin relaxed, she had more streaks than a ten-year-old windshield wiper.

Etymology: sheet (a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed to cover the mattress) + pleated (a double or multiple fold in a garment or other item made of cloth)

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Bedface

Created by: looseball

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Shruts

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: shh ruts

Sentence: Oh my God, my face is full of lines and ruts from my sheets. Oh shruts!!! All over my face.

Etymology: This word is formed from the combination of the word "sheets" as in bed sheets and "ruts" as in deep furrows or marks left by an object.

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Sheethickey

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: sheet-hik-ee

Sentence: The sheethickeys on her face and the hickeys on her neck left from her boyfriend were reminders of a great time but prevented her from facing her co-workers the next day.

Etymology: sheet + hickey (red mark left on the skin)

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Wrinklace

Created by: sipsoccer

Pronunciation: (rink-lace)

Sentence: I woke up this morning and discovered i had wrinklace on my face.

Etymology: wrinkl- derived from wrinkle ace- derived from face

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Soporinkles

Created by: Khikhob

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-11-26: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-11-26: 13:35:00
By the way, Stevenson0's crazy shopping word, "Dealusional", was published in Toronto Star as one of Top the Invented Words of the Week. See: http://www.verbotomy.com/blog/?p=223. Congratulations to Stevenson0 ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-03-19: 00:08:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James