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DEFINITION: n. The unexpected moment of horror when you realize that you're sharing your bathroom shower with thousands of rapidly replicating fungi, commonly known as orange slime. v. To be colonized by orange slime.
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Downspore
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: down/spor
Sentence: Nothing like a refreshing downspore first thing in the morning to boost your immune system.
Etymology: downpour + spore
Sporenamental
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: spore-na-men-tal
Sentence: Lucy was pleased when her mother-in-law complimented the lovely spornamental in her bathroom until she realized that the old bat was talking about the slime on the shower curtain.
Etymology: spore: one cell reproductive body produced by nonflowering plants and fungi + ornamental: a plant that serves as ornamentation
Fungiaghast
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fun-GEE-eh-gast
Sentence: Halfway thru her shower Adrianne noticed the orange slime growing on the shower curtain and she was absolutley fungiaghast, unable to do anything but scream aloud and hastily exit the shower.
Etymology: Blend of 'fungi' (n. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow,) and 'aghast' (adj. struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked)
Batesmoldtel
Created by: tdhall56
Pronunciation: Bates mold tell
Sentence: Norman always went psycho when he found batesmoldtel in his shower. Janet Leigh just got in his way when he tried to scrape it out. I guess we all go a little mad sometimes. Happy Halloween!
Etymology: Bates Motel / mold
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COMMENTS:
haha! i love it! - Lidipop, 2007-10-31: 12:57:00
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Petramold
Created by: KenM2
Pronunciation:
Sentence: As I stepped in the shower I was in a state of petramold.
Etymology: Petrified+mold
Bathcillus
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: bah th silll us
Sentence: She showered away, oblivious to the slight shuffling sound of the approaching bathcillus
Etymology: bacillus, bath
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COMMENTS:
slimily super - Nosila, 2010-02-26: 07:55:00
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Curtaint
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kərtānt
Sentence: Gloria used to feel clean when she bathed in the morning. This is not the case since she noticed the fungi growing on her shower curtaint.
Etymology: curtain (a piece of material suspended at the top to form a covering or screen, typically one of a pair at a window) + taint (contaminate or pollute)
Sporabother
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: spohr-a-BOVTH-er
Sentence: Emerging from a tsudnamic loreality, Roxie found herself in a sporabother, scumscattled and scumscuttled, amidst a prorangerate.
Etymology: Sporabother (based on a "spot of bother" & sporabola:trajectory of a falling spore). Tsudnami (sud & tsunami) Scumscattle (scum & scattle - Yorkshire word: frightened. Scumscuttle: thwart, destroyed by scum. Prorangerate:(proliferate & orange)
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COMMENTS:
Galwaywegian: Hope you didn't mind me using "Loreality" - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-31: 05:32:00
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Orentigona
Created by: iluvenglish
Pronunciation: oh-ren-ti-go-na
Sentence: i got orentigoned the day after i won the football match.
Etymology: orange, gone, rent
Mildewplicated
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mil doo plik kated
Sentence: When Jenny moved into her new apartment, she had made a spore-atic decision and decorated the bathroom in shades of orange and appricot. Because of the camouflage of orangy patterned shower curtain, she failed to notice the orange slime had mildewplicated itself on it. When she did notice, she felt smutty. Not only could she see them but horrors, they could see her, naked, every morning. Not knowing what else to do,she molded a plan and phoned her boyfriend. "Rusty", she purred into the phone, "I need you to come see me, because you are my fungi!"
Etymology: mildew (a fungus that develops in humid environments) & duplicated (reproduced or copied)
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COMMENTS:
"...molded a plan..." fantastic! Puns galore. - zxvasdf, 2008-09-29: 12:52:00
Wow! You really do your research, Nosmeister. Do you have a favorite fungus? I was once followed home by an orange slime mold. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 16:40:00
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Comments:
Today we have a special "scary" definition just for Halloween. It was suggested by purpleartichokes, who not only sent in a photo of bathroom suffering from such an infestation (It is not hers!), but who also offered to model for today's comic. Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James
VERBOTOMY BLOG PARTY: November 1, 2007 is Verbotomy's first birthday! We are having a Blog Party to celebrate. Everybody is invited to the Verbotomy Blog to chat. All comments will be published as soon as you post them, so bring your favorite words and definitions and we'll chat. Go to http://www.verbotomy.com/blog. Talk to you then! ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2007-10-31: 04:57:00
James - thanks for hiding my cellulite! And that shower curtain... sure glad it's not MINE!
Jabberwocky - 2007-10-31: 13:55:00
busted Purple - those signature artichokes are a dead giveaway
purpleartichokes - 2007-10-31: 14:37:00
Oh well... found out. And they do clash with the orange slime. Guess I should decorate in Tangerines.
iluvenglish - 2007-11-01: 05:30:00
its EXCELLENT.... keep it up, galwaywegian...
lumina - 2008-09-30: 05:10:00
Great word! FUNNY sentence!
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James