Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Exuviate
To exuviate is to shed or slough off your skin, shell or other type of covering. A couple of our word imps were very close to the correct meaning - accidentally I'm sure. I found it interesting to read the invented meanings and try to figure out the invented etymology that went along with them. Obviously avoiding housework today! And happy to add that Aviva took the votes with her meaning for exuviate. Thanks, Aviva. Great work.
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To exuviate is to ring up all your old boy/girlfiends when you're desperate for a date.
Exuviation is a common practice which seems like a good idea at the time. However, the wisdom of this deed is almost always questionned the following morning when you wonder what on earth drove you to such depths of despair.
It sounds like something the Catholic Church would do ...
From Latin: ex (out of) and uva (grape) - to exclude people from partaking of the grape juice, i.e. wine. It's when only the priest drinks wine during the Holy Communion while the congregation gets bread. Of course, the use of the term is theologically debatable.
Exuviate is the opposite of alluviate . Alluvium is a kind of soil, and to alluviate someone is, as the Easterners say, "to mix his reputation in mud".
Therefore, Exuviate is roughly the same as alleviate.
close Raelha and aandthirtyeights, but to exuviate is to delight in the downfall of an ex boy/girlfriend, and to happily sling mud at their reputation.
Exuviate is to get close to the end rather than to deviate or wander off.
The book she was reading is almost exuviated (almost done).
The kids were excited that the school day exuviates in five more minutes.
An exuviate person is one who uses shameless flattery to butter up superiors. It starts with the apple for teacher, and escalates exponentially from there...
I regret to tell you that to exuviate is a very unpleasant experience. It is the result of a blockage of the oesophagus or gullet and causes one to expectorate persistently - in other words to exuviate... May we please have a happier word tomorow.
Booomf! Ethel the cleaner was horrified that she had just undone the morning's work. The vacuum cleaner dust bag had burst and exuviated it's contents everywhere.
Exuviate - to dissipate in all directions. (e.g. exuviate a nasty smell etc!)
To exuviate means to make a rattling or ringing sound by hitting metal bars with any kind of stick. Small boys sometimes indulge in exuviation as a pastime, when they run sticks along railings beside the road.
Exuviate means to "glow" like someone who's sunburnt.
"After a week in Majorca, Tracy was exuviating so much that her husband had to wear his sunglasses in bed."
to run fans all day long to either air out an area or dry out rugs or carpets.
Exuviate is a much nicer word for "to shed one's skin," to sluff off the old, dull, scaly surface skin and reveal the fresh new young skin hidden underneath. It is a favorite term of posh cosmetic surgeons and commissioned aestheticians. Proper exuviation usually requires a painful chemical peel, a pricy skin tonic or a visit to Dr. 90210.
Exuviate is to wait to be evacuated from their home. During exuviation a person frantically collects all of their most sacred belongings (including pets and children of course) and prepares for the worst. Unfortunately some people forget to grab the basic essentials such as underwear and toiletries.
Excuviate is the process of peeling away skin left after a blister pops. One has to be careful not to let it get infected as dry rot will set in. It's very nasty, indeed.
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