Verboticisms

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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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: WASH/hiy/merz

Sentence: I get washeimers every time i take a shower and can never remember if i washed my hair yet or not.

Etymology: wash+alzheimer's

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COMMENTS:

Politically correct? Maybe not, but I guess that's the way we like 'em... - Discoveria, 2007-02-09: 16:18:00

haha of course! - Javeson1, 2007-02-10: 02:39:00

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: sham/poof

Sentence: When she couldn't figure out whether she had used soap or conditioner in her hair, she knew she'd had had a shampoof experience.

Etymology: Play on words: "sham" (adj. meaning false); "shampoo" (vb. to wash one's hair with soap and water), and "poof" (interj. suggesting an instantaneous occurrence)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sham poo neesj sja

Sentence: When Melody stepped into the warm, steamy shower, the soapy water helped ease her weary bones and relax her. The lovely smell, cranial massage and warm inviting feeling gave her a good case of shampoonesia. Too bad the twins had learned to unlock the bathroom door and her shampooblivion was too short-lived.

Etymology: Shampoo(to wash the hair) & Amnesia (partial or total memory loss)

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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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Created by: cohenarie

Pronunciation: tay' per es neer'' et el

Sentence: Taeperesnerrehtal is the temporal, personal hygiene equivalent of seeing a completely unfamiliar but obviously permanent object during one's daily commute, such as an old barn or a large tree.

Etymology: Read it backwards and you'll get it.

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Created by: DaddyNewt

Pronunciation: min-a-fyoog

Sentence: Jenny's day was a mystery to her, being filled with minafugues.

Etymology: Minute + fugue

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: S-plash-drif-T

Sentence: "Rachel must be having some serious splashdrift, she's been in the shower for 40 minutes!"

Etymology: splash + drift

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Created by: cafisher

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Turning my face away from the spray, I felt the back of my hair--the usual shownumdrum--had I shampooed yet?

Etymology: shower + conumdrum

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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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