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'Did I just shampoo?'

DEFINITION: n. A momentary break in the time-space continuum, which often occurs while showering, and leaves one wondering whether or not they have shampooed their hair. v. To lose track of time while showering.

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Rinsanity

Created by: urbanwookie

Pronunciation: rin-san-ity

Sentence: In a brief moment of rinsanity, Jemima could not remember washing her hair

Etymology: rinse + insanity

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Vidalsasomaly

Created by: alphabetapolothology

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I ran out of hot water because I had a Vidalsasomaly and ended up shampooing twice.

Etymology: Vidal sassoon & anomaly

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Blinkout

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'bli[ng]k-aut/

Sentence: After a momentary blinkout, Mr. President suddenly couldn't remember why he'd invaded Iraq in the first place.

Etymology: From blink + out. Reminiscent of zoning out, blanking out, and of blinking.

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COMMENTS:

I apologize for the political jab. It seemed like the funniest thing I could say. - ErWenn, 2007-02-09: 10:15:00

My criticism would be that, unfortunately, Mr. President's blinkouts are not limited to shower-time. - wordmeister, 2007-02-11: 09:38:00

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Shamportal

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: sham pour tal

Sentence: The new shower unit caused havoc, flaying the skin grom her shoulders as she struggled with the shamportal.

Etymology: shampoo+portal

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Cosmicshower

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: COS-mic-SHOW-er

Sentence: I just had an out-of-this-world experience in the bathroom -- it was a comicshower, man!. When I came to, I couldn't remember if I'd just got out of the shower, or if I was just getting in.

Etymology: cosmic shower (hot gas expelled from the starburst) + cosmic (immeasurably extended in time and space) + shower (a bath in which water is sprayed on the body)

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COMMENTS:

I like this verbotomy. In my case, it does not necessarily involve shampooing. I've dumped a hand-full of conditioner on my hand prior to shampooing. More than once. I admit to cosmicshowering. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-09: 19:39:00

petaj Thanks purpleartichokes. - petaj, 2007-02-13: 05:58:00

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Shamnesia

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: sham-nee-zha

Sentence: It was not going to be a good day. While in the shower, Sue passed through a watergate and suffered a bout of shamnesia. Later, she showed up at work with fresh-smelling, albeit greasy hair.

Etymology: shampoo, amnesia

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Hysua

Created by: hysua

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Shampnesia

Created by: Count

Pronunciation: shamp-nesch-eyah

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Etymology: shamp- (shampoo) + nesia (amnesia)

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Elapsicle

Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: ee.lap.sicl

Sentence: "Your honor, I must have gone through an elapsicle - I truly don't remember, whether he was in the shower with me that morning or not."

Etymology: "elapse" as in "not much time had elapsed" and "icicle" the idea of "frozen, still and transparent"

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COMMENTS:

Good! Phonetically brilliant and legally sound. - wordmeister, 2007-02-09: 09:32:00

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Shamparadox

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: sham-par-a-dox

Sentence: David, not recalling if he shampooed his hair, exited the bathroom and grabbed the text book, hoping the shamparadox theory can give him some insight.

Etymology: shampoo/paradox, refering to the black hole information paradox theory by Hawking

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-09: 00:28:01
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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-09: 00:28:01
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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-09: 00:28:01
Today's definition was suggested by pandafever. If you have an idea that you'd like verbotomized, send it to us! Go to: http://www.verbotomy.com/verbinition.php.
Thanks! ~ James