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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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Reelst
Created by: FreakoSpeako
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The girl reelst because of orange slime in the bathroom this morning.
Etymology:
Terroroozm
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n.) těr'-ə-rōōz'-əm; (tr.v.) těr'-ə-rōōz'; (adj.) těr'-ə-rōōzd'
Sentence: The only way to fight the spread of terroroozm is to attack it with chlorine bleach and elbow grease.
Etymology: terror[is]m + ooze
Disfungusting
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dis-fuhn-guh-sting
Sentence: When Sally moved in with her boyfriend she found that he never really cleaned his bathroom. The shower curtain was so disfungusting that she made him take it down and clean the tile with a power washer.
Etymology: disgust ( strong distaste; nausea; loathing) + fungus (mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi)
Rotmate
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: ROT-mate
Sentence: Laurie was less than thrilled with her new rotmate. If she had been rotmated with something that was more hypo-allergenic than mildew she might not have minded as much.
Etymology: rot with (room)Mate
Horrangified
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: hor - anj - eh - fide
Sentence: Sheila was horrangified by the rapidly reproducing orange slime that clung menacingly to her shower curtain. She was afraid to stay in the shower long enough to wash her hair.
Etymology: horrified, orange
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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Slugnificance
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: slug/ni/fi/cance
Sentence: The slugnificance of the moment escaped her as she slipped on its trail.
Etymology: slug + significance
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COMMENTS:
Why are slugs considered more repelling than snails? Does the quality known as "cuteness" have any intrinsic value in the cosmos? - metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 16:56:00
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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
Fungination
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: fung-ee-neh-shon
Sentence: An intense swarm of fungination grew on the walls, shower curtain, and faucets of my bathroom because I did not clean it since - well, lets see here - about 4 years - I was in China!
Etymology: fungi + nation (culture)
Schnopulasm
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: SHH-nopp-yew-lazz-umm
Sentence: Claire's first weekend at her boyfriend's apartment went well enough- until she attempted to shower. Comfortably wrapped in a plush monogrammed guest towel and armed with high-end pseudoscintillating hydrating bogusflavinoid SHAMpoo, as well as a small beaker of realpoo, Claire got one sexy foot into the shower and was stopped cold by a severe SCHNOPULASM. She choked down her revulsion like a shot of Southern Comfort and backed away in disgust, repelled by the matured colony of living pestilence she had almost touched. Supressing her gag reflex, she opened the window and gasped for air until her SCHNOPULASM receded enough for logic to regain a toehold on her cosmetic saturated brain. Claire quickly doused the entire shower stall with a bottle of isopropyl alcohol and fled from the deadly vapours for the relative safety of the bedroom and her industrial-sized bottle of generic booze. As Claire's brain slipped quietly into a comforting bath of ethyl alcohol, her SCHNOPULASM began to recede, but she knew that it just wouldn't work. If alcohol hadn't killed HER by now, what chance did it have against the hybrid orange slime just a few deadly feet away?
Etymology: No etymology. SCHNOPULASM is entirely fictitous and based upon the silliness of it's sound.
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COMMENTS:
SEVENTY BILLION to buy up BAD stuff so that people can get more credit to live beyond their means? Seems like a good idea. DOUBLE YOUR I.Q. OR NO MONEY BACK ? Duh.....okay. Sounds good to me.
http://www.scriptologist.com/Magazine/Tips/Network/network.html - metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 11:58:00
http://www.scriptologist.com/Magazine/Tips/Network/network.html - metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 11:59:00
Rats! The link- it no fits..... - metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 11:59:00
I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the defense budget and the Russians and crime in the street. All I know is first you['ve] got to
get mad. You've got to say: 'I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this any more. I'm a human being, goddammit. My life has value. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 12:01:00
A garden that is overgrown needs more nutrient, and not getting that, it dies off the rest and leaves only the strong. Your life has value, yes, but in the big picture, it is a cog. I predict a massive die off real soon, be it by a human hand or the indifferent shrug of mother nature. - zxvasdf, 2008-09-29: 12:51:00
I concur, zxvasdf. The Garden is a good one. First we have fall and winter. Then we have spring and summer again.I anticipate the great purge you speak of, for I, too know it is inevitable. I do not fear death, but I am enjoying as much life as has been alotted to me.
The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new. He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray.
Ars Longa Vita Brevis :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 16:35:00
unforunately this is going to hurt everyone - when I forget to water only the weeds survive - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-29: 16:37:00
Weeds are only plants growing where YOU don't want them to.
I don't really mean to expand the "grey area" to it's natural limit (if there is one), or to "push the envelope" of comments but i just have to say that it's great to see so many CREATIVE sentences employed with tame abandon. A fortnight ago there was a dearth of microstories posted here, and that's what i really look forward to reading as the midnight hour creeps slowly nearer each evening.
VERBOTOMISTS- I salute you! - metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 17:04:00
This is more like blogging than the blog itself. And I don't even know what a blog looks like. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 17:14:00
It takes guts to invent a word right out of thin air. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-30: 17:41:00
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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