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'Aaaaaaahh! It's alive!'

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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Fungifested

Created by: thebaron

Pronunciation: fun-gee-fes-ted

Sentence: Karen realized, to her horror, that her entire bathroom floor was fungifested.

Etymology: fungi(pl.fungus) fest (infested)

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Curtaint

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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)

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Sporendipity

Created by: Cheeser

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Since it was clear that the fungi had been visible and growing for months, this only increased her feeling of sporendipity when she finally noticed them growing up the shower curtain.

Etymology:

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Grimescene

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: grīmsēn

Sentence: Judy thought she was taking a simple shower. Little did she know that she had stumbled into a grimescene. The yellow tape should have given her a clue.

Etymology: grime (dirt ingrained on the surface of something) + scene (the place where an incident in real life or fiction occurs or occurred)

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COMMENTS:

CSI - Creepy Shower Invaders! Good word - Nosila, 2010-02-26: 07:57:00

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Ewwwreeeka

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ewww reeek aahh

Sentence: the ewwreeeka moment in the shower usually occurs backwards; AAAh (standing under the shower), Reek (that strange smell you notice which makes you open your eyes), then the Ewww as you see the onward marching gunk!

Etymology: ewww , reek, eureka.

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COMMENTS:

No no ewwwreeeka - I smell like a field of wildflowers - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-31: 10:47:00

ewwwtiful! - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-31: 18:38:00

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Jacoozie

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: jac/oozy

Sentence: Her bathtub which was had once been a place for quiet relaxation and meditation had been transformed into a jacoozie teaming with microscopic wildlife.

Etymology: jacuzzi + ooze

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COMMENTS:

funny! - galwaywegian, 2007-10-31: 07:46:00

Or maybe, 'Jacooties'? - Tigger, 2007-11-06: 17:18:00

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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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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:

zxvasdf "...molded a plan..." fantastic! Puns galore. - zxvasdf, 2008-09-29: 12:52:00

metrohumanx 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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Flyinalfung

Created by: blackkittynili

Pronunciation: flyinalfung

Sentence: oh my good the flyinafung is coming towards me!!!!!!

Etymology: a word combined with flying inside and fungi

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Epiphamuck

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: iˈpif-ə-muck

Sentence: Sally was going about her normal morning routine when she an epiphamuck moment. Perhaps it was the sip of coffee she gulped before she climbed into her shower or the boring line-up on TV the night before that precipitated a full night's sleep, she was actually awake this morning. She wondered why she would have bought an orange shower curtain that didn't go with the other accessories in the bathroom. It was only when she noticed that the orange didn't stop at the edge of the curtain that she had a major case of orange-slime heebie-jeebies.

Etymology: epiphany (a moment of sudden revelation or insight) + muck (dirt, rubbish, or waste matter)

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx I remember the heebie-jeebies. Where did the nitty-gritty come from? That's what I want to know. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 17:07:00

Nice:in a grotesque way. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-30: 17:44:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-31: 00:40:00
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 Verbotomy - 2007-10-31: 01:21:00
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!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-02-26: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James