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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.
Verboticisms
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Shours
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sh ow rs
Sentence: the water power and the fantasy life inside her head turned her shower into a shour
Etymology: shower hour
Hydroamnesia
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: high-deo-amneesia
Sentence: The unexpected instance of hydroamnesia made him move his hand from the soapy lather on his chest to his feet to make sure he had remembered to first remove his shoes.
Etymology: hydeo - water added to amnesia. Easy, eh?
Cosmicshower
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
Thanks purpleartichokes. - petaj, 2007-02-13: 05:58:00
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Steamnesia
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: steam-nee-shia
Sentence: In the shower Suzanne often got steamnesia and would forget if she washed her hair yet.
Etymology: steam + nesia (from amnesia)
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
Spraydream
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: spray-dream
Sentence: Melanie was caught up in a lovely spraydream when she suddenly realized that she was going to be late for work and she hadn't finished her shower yet.
Etymology: wordplay on daydream
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COMMENTS:
Very nice. I love it when the base word fits the definition too. - artr, 2009-09-07: 10:34:00
Spray, just a little bit longer... - Nosila, 2009-09-07: 23:38:00
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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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Nozzlebrain
Created by: bettyann9
Pronunciation: noz-l-brane
Sentence: I forgot to rinse the shampoo out of my hair this morning. What a nozzlebrain!
Etymology: Nozzle + brain
Shampause
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: sham-PAWZ
Sentence: The calming effect of the shower often resulted in Carmen having a shampause and unsure of whether or not she actually washed her hair.
Etymology: Blend of shampoo and pause: (a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action)
Meomorywash
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: memory wash
Sentence: I had a memorywash this morning, now I cant remember if I just got wet or if I did actually scrub properly
Etymology: bit obvious really and I'm just adding the words I missed recently.
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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
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