2 definitions by Verba dentis
from the Latin: re, meaning “again,” plus dens, dentis (n), meaning “tooth”; pronounced REE-dent.
Noun referring to a person who has had his/her teeth capped, veneered, or replaced, in order to give his/her smile an excessively white appearance. It is a term of opprobrium that indicates that the speaker views the person in question as inferior in class status, intelligence, or integrity.
Noun referring to a person who has had his/her teeth capped, veneered, or replaced, in order to give his/her smile an excessively white appearance. It is a term of opprobrium that indicates that the speaker views the person in question as inferior in class status, intelligence, or integrity.
“Tiffany? You mean that redent from our Jazzercise class? What a slut!”
“I’m not going to that party; all of the redents from the Valley will be there, trying to look cool.”
“Can you believe it? That redent actually thought we would invite her to join the Junior League.”
(To the dentist): “I know you have to cap my teeth, but please don’t make me look like a redent!”
“As soon as he opened his mouth, I knew that redent could never understand trigonometry.”
“I’m not going to that party; all of the redents from the Valley will be there, trying to look cool.”
“Can you believe it? That redent actually thought we would invite her to join the Junior League.”
(To the dentist): “I know you have to cap my teeth, but please don’t make me look like a redent!”
“As soon as he opened his mouth, I knew that redent could never understand trigonometry.”
by Verba dentis August 24, 2013
(formed on the stem “Jodes-,” a character name on the HBO series “Sharp Objects,” which was based on Gillian Flynn’s novel of the same title)
1. LGBTQ-friendly descriptive term for persons whose actions are motivated by same-sex desire that they can’t openly acknowledge;
1a. Sometimes used more generally to refer to same-sex triangulated relationships in general.
2. Less frequently, the term is applied to characters who function as a secret object of desire or as the hidden emotional touchstone in a narrative (short story, novel, film).
1. LGBTQ-friendly descriptive term for persons whose actions are motivated by same-sex desire that they can’t openly acknowledge;
1a. Sometimes used more generally to refer to same-sex triangulated relationships in general.
2. Less frequently, the term is applied to characters who function as a secret object of desire or as the hidden emotional touchstone in a narrative (short story, novel, film).
1. I was reading an article that claims that Jane Austen’s beloved character Emma is completely Jodesian, even though she ends up married to a guy,
1a. Has there ever been a more Jodesian scenario than the Alexandra-Ellen-Portia relationship?
2. OMG, when Jane Eyre describes her relationship with Helen at their horrible boarding school, it's so Jodesian!
1a. Has there ever been a more Jodesian scenario than the Alexandra-Ellen-Portia relationship?
2. OMG, when Jane Eyre describes her relationship with Helen at their horrible boarding school, it's so Jodesian!
by Verba dentis June 7, 2021