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DEFINITION: n., 1. The process by which pairs of socks are washed, dried, and then separated perhaps never to be reunited again. 2. The place where lost socks disappear to. v. To lose your mate in the wash.
Verboticisms
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Darnblackhole
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: darn blak hole
Sentence: "Why oh why", cried Sylvia,"does that darnblackhole in the dryer only take the sock that you didn't put your big toenail through"?
Etymology: darn (mend socks) & Black Hole (cosmos)
Sockabyss
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SOK-uh-biss
Sentence: Brenda was convinced that there was a sockabyss somewhere in the bowels of the laundromat because every time she did laundry for her husband Rob, one or more of his socks would come up missing.
Etymology: Blend of 'sock' (a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle) and 'abyss' (a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm)
Sockinghell
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: Sokk-in-hell
Sentence: Where the sockinghell is my other sock? More to the point where has Ben gone!??
Etymology: Used in a derogatory manner without actually cursing. Can be used to describe anything that has gone missing like socks usually do in the wash. Sockinghell is also where your flatmate goes when he says he will be 5 mins in the Kitchen.
Footgarmentland
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: foo-ta-gar-mehnt-land
Sentence: "Ya" said the pair of tighty whities,"I've been to footgarmentland, once I got lost in there it was up to my wearer to find me in that cramped space." "Hey, fancy that. We're still here!"
Etymology: foot+garment:piece of clothing+land
Sockabyebaby
Created by: bananabender
Pronunciation: Rhymes with rock-a-bye-baby
Sentence: Each time one of his rare cartoon character socks went awol from his bulging sock drawer, (as socks are wont to do), my aging wannabe rock singer dad would lament its disappearance by singing his Sockabyebaby ballad for days on end.
Etymology: sock + rock-a-bye (lullaby) + baby (sweetheart as in a pop song)
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-09: 10:33:00
Luv the sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-10: 16:48:00
chuckling even more ... watch out for child and family protective services who might go after those sockabyebabies! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-11: 14:01:00
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Hosetage
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: hose/taj
Sentence: We have reports of several hosetage situations taking place in a new subdivision where LG washers have been installed. We now believe LG stands for last gasp and several socks have lost their mates to the dreaded spin cycle gang.
Etymology: hose + hostage
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COMMENTS:
Did the Bader-Meinhoff gang use dryers for their balaclavas, of just hang 'em on the line? - metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 12:11:00
It's time to round them up and wring the truth out of them...it will all come out in the wash! - Nosila, 2008-11-06: 21:56:00
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Sockchopathy
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: sok/oh/pathy
Sentence: The sockchopathy of lost socks has long been debated but remains a sockratic mystery.
Etymology: psychopathy + sock + path
Belaunderedtriangle
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Be-lawn-derd-try-ang-el
Sentence: Carla wished that she could solve the mystery of the belaunderedtriangle, but as she sat and looked at the huge pile of odd socks that she had accumulated over the past few months she knew that it was highy unlikely.
Etymology: See Bermuda Triangle(a region of the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean in which mysterious disappearances often occur)
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COMMENTS:
I'll bet Carla caught a lot of static for that... - metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 11:50:00
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Feeternaldarnation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: feet ternal darn ayshun
Sentence: It took Bobbie a while to realize a universal truth. When socks go into the dryer, we think they are just getting dried. The reality is they are getting tried. Crimes such as shrinking, holey toes and heels, fading or changing color and losing elasticity are punishable violations. Those guilty are sentenced to feeternal darnation...never to be seen again. Bobbie now knew that those missing hose were actually socks offenders.
Etymology: Play on Eternal Damnation (the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell)...Feet (what the socks cover) & Darn (mending the holes in socks with wool/yarn; also a euphemism for damn)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by sipsoccer. Thank you sipsoccer. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-01-11: 14:48:00
Your humorous definition brought us all a lot of laughs and a lot of fun words were created. Good one, sipsoccer.
silveryaspen - 2008-01-11: 14:54:00
James ... your cartoon for this daffynition has me roaring with laughter every time I look at it. Can't help wondering if you have a daughter with a boyfriend that inspired it ??? !!! It's a good thing there's no such thing as a cannibal dryer! Yet!
Today's definition was suggested by sipsoccer. Thank you sipsoccer. ~ James
GossaMcqueen - 2013-01-16: 19:14:00
please, i made a mistake and posted wrongly - how do i remove my Word?