Athleticky: Having athletic qualities. “I look athleticky when I wear these gym sweats.” (Original Post)
Body Coiffing: Trimming, clipping, and waxing your body hair in any way that alters it’s natural state of growth. “I had a licensed manscape architect create a monogram with my chest hair.” (Original Post)
Bohemian Lite: Environmentally-conscious but still prone to daily showering and wearing deodorant. (Original Post)
Built-in Auto Insinuation Mechanism: A hidden quality in certain clothing that enables onlookers to embellish grandiose histories about the wearer. “From the look of his tweed driving cap, I’d say that Joe stores a sizable collection of vintage cars in a renovated barn in New Hampshire.” (Original Post)
Casually-Inclined: Having the tendency to avoid pretense by tastefully under-dressing. (Original Post)
Contemplating the Secret Language of Chipmunks: Euphemism for alone time. Self reflection. (Original Post)
Corrective Physical Therapy Contraptions: A commentary on the ugliness of today’s athletic shoes, especially when compared to their retro reissued kin. (Original Post)
Crunchy Granola Urban: A well-intended but contradictory way of living conscientiously. For example: driving 25 miles in a Land Rover to go organic apple picking. It’s also a style of dressing that feels both urban and rural at the same time. (Original Post)
Face Filter: Anything that obscures the face in a flattering way. For example: sunglasses. (Original Post)
Faux Formal: Wearing formal clothes in a very casual way. (Original Post)
Grandpalvania: The place where you might end up if your classic wardrobe feels dated because it’s not twisted with current trends. (Original Post)
Holding Your Torso Hostage: The act of wearing something so unattractive that it overpowers the person wearing it. (Original Post)
Jacked-Upness: Having a nice physique. ” My jacked-upness is more obvious when I wear short sleeves.” (Original Post)
Kiss of the Tortured Intellectual: Wearing a little something that makes you look smart, but not geeky genius smart. (Original Post)
Lemming Folk: People who follow without thinking, and we all know how the lemming story ends. (Original Post)
Manly Manliness: Anything that exudes hyper-masculinity. For example: wooden underwear. (Original Post)
Miserability Index: A system for measuring one’s level of miserableness in the workplace on any given day. This index uses a scale range of 1-10, with 10 being The Most Miserable Day in the World. (Original Post)
Peanut Butter and Jelly Rule of Dressing: A foolproof tip for creating a look by pairing contrasting fabrics and textures for maximum flavor. (Original Post)
Pop of Paul Bunyan: A article of clothing that energizes a look with a nod to the Great American Outdoors. For example: a plaid wool shirt jacket. (Original Post)
Professor Bad Ass: Someone who mixes collegiate preppy clothing with rugged outdoorsman clothing for a look that says,”Don’t f*ck with me… intellectually or physically.” (Original Post)
Pseudo-Outdoorsman: Wearing sporting clothes to perform an activity that is unrelated to its intended purpose… like wearing a hunting jacket to eat popcorn and watch Black Swan at the movie theatre. (Original Post) Synonym: Wilderness Casual. (Original Post)
Ragamuffin Chic: A very calculated and deliberate way of dressing that looks as though it’s not calculated or deliberate at all: conscientious dishevelment. (Original Post)
Resume-Speak: Vapid party talk about college and work where the same bullet points about one’s life might be repeated over a hundred times in one night. “You went to college and aren’t completely satisfied with your current job? Me, too!” (Original Post)
Return of the Revenge of Plaids 16: Refers to the resilient plaid trend that keeps reincarnating itself season after season. (Original Post)
Six Too Many: Just plain drunk. No question about it. (Original Post)
Stealth Do-Gooder: An article of clothing that is environmentally-friendly but doesn’t look like it was made on a cooperative farm in 1972. (Original Post)
Suckface Dancing: Usually enjoyed while intoxicated, this dance challenges two people to sway back and forth while supporting each other’s weight with their lips. (Original Post)
