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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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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
Argylimbo
Created by: wayoffcenter
Pronunciation: ärgīlimbō
Sentence: When Nancy couldn't find one of her favorite purple socks she knew it had done the argylimbo, dancing its way under the washer or dryer. She refused to subscribe to her boyfriend's theory that single socks are capable of transcending into a different dimension and held in argylimbo only to return if you throw its mate away.
Etymology: argyle (a pattern composed of diamonds of various colors on a plain background, used in knitted garments such as sweaters and socks) limbo (the supposed abode of the souls of unbaptized infants) (a West Indian dance in which the dancer bends backward to pass under a horizontal bar that is progressively lowered to a position just above the ground)
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COMMENTS:
Wow. Etherial religio-laundy surfactants can't diminish the other-dimensional logic behind ARGYLIMBO! I wonder where Madame Blavatsky did her wash? - metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 12:04:00
love the story - zxvasdf, 2008-11-06: 12:13:00
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Hosetage
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: hoze/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:
Love the sentence, (perhaps LG also stands for Lost Garments)... - Tigger, 2008-01-10: 00:21:00
Great sentence;luv the word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-10: 16:52:00
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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
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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Soaparation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: so per ay shun
Sentence: Jenny's socks felt like laundry day was family court. They went through a soaparation process and at the end of the cycle, they were not together as a couple. Most seemed to weather the wash and rinse okay, but few survived as a pair through The Drying Game.
Etymology: Soap (cleansing agent) & Separation (the act of dividing or disconnecting)
Sockabyss
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Sok - uh - biss
Sentence: Gabriella was concerned that Javier may have disappeared into the depths of the sockabyss when he went looking for his missing argyles.
Etymology: Socks + abyss (bottomless pit)
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COMMENTS:
Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-10: 16:47:00
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Dissockipate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: dis-SOK-uh-peyt
Sentence: Oh, sweet mystery of life, where do dahlgrens go when they dissockipate? Perhaps there should be a "duhrection" on socks warning that one will almost certainly "dissockipate!"
Etymology: Blend of SOCK & DISSIPATE: to scatter completely; to disperse & to disappear; used especially, of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. DAHLGRENS: an expensive brand of socks.
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-09: 10:45:00
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Interpenise
Created by: GossaMcqueen
Pronunciation: in-ter-penise
Sentence: "Would you please not interpenise your single-sock stealing proclivities while we are enjoying a sensitive sisterhood"; or, "Your interpenisation is here unwelcome, please confine yourself to the fashion media, who always wear paired socks".
Etymology: to insert a penis-like utterance, or concept, into a sophisticated gathering or washing machine, and then remove one sock from each pair
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COMMENTS:
i don't think i have the posting method sussed out \^_^/ - GossaMcqueen, 2013-01-16: 18:15:00
[Edit #2] until i find out how to delete this or to change the "Word" i can only offer this hybrid of the missing sock scenario, and my own word; - GossaMcqueen, 2013-01-16: 18:46:00
my Word is "interpenise", i shall be looking for a break; ty X - GossaMcqueen, 2013-01-16: 18:48:00
i don't like this, all this rethinking and editing and i end up looking stupid ;_; *kwies* - GossaMcqueen, 2013-01-16: 19:03:00
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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?