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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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Slimetime
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: slyme tyme
Sentence: Every morning for Elly was slimetime. Despite her efforts to clean the old shower, in the 24 hours since her last one, a renewed colony of orange bacteria had multiplied. Today she was ready, as she had bought a heavy-duty anti-fungal cleaner to eradicate the colony. Yes, it was a grunge match, muck my words!
Etymology: Slime (any thick messy substance) & Time (a person's experience on a particular occasion)
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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Ecolinized
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ee kol ee nyzed
Sentence: Pathogenia thought she was alone in her abode. It was not until after she had had several showers in the less-than-new apartment that she felt crowded out. At first it was the odd spot or streak on the curtain or wall, but after a few days, she realized she was ecolinized by a different life form. Thank goodness for her new boyfriend, Mr. Klean. He came straight over after her panicky call and sprayed every inch of the bathroom with his essence. The orange blight was eliminated and she was once more alone in her apartment. At least until the mice, silverfish and cockroaches drop in for a visit...
Etymology: E-coli (Escherichia coli-Escherichia coli (abbreviated as E. coli) are a large and diverse group of bacteria) & Colonized (a settlement; those who settle in a new colony or move into new country; migrants)
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COMMENTS:
perfick! - galwaywegian, 2010-02-26: 03:26:00
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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:
Epiphamuck
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:
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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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
Reelst
Created by: FreakoSpeako
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The girl reelst because of orange slime in the bathroom this morning.
Etymology:
Fungifiny
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation: fun gif iny
Sentence: fungifiny made me fall in the tub.
Etymology: fungi ephipiny
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