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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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Tardishampoo

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: tar diss sham poo

Sentence: Rosie lost all track of time and space when she entered the shower and commenced her tardishampoo. She was running late today and accidentally grabbed the Drano instead, as her eyes were closed to keep out the stinging. When she realized she had grabbed the wrong product, she went to call a doctor for advice, but Dr.Who???

Etymology: TARDIS (Dr.Who's phonebox/spaceship which is an acronym for "TIME AND RELATIVE DIMENSIONS IN SPACE"...it's actually a huge space inside). & Shampoo (to wash, lather and rinse hair & product which cleans hair).

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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

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Engrossoak

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: en-grow-soak

Sentence: Liz was so engrossoaked in her ritual pampering in the shower after a hard day at work that she lost track of time.

Etymology: engross (to absorb the attention) + soak (to bathe thoroughly)

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Shampflummoxed

Created by: geoamnesia

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I had been showering for some time, feeling quite relaxed, when suddenly it hit me: I was shampflummoxed and couldn't bring myself to rinse my hair.

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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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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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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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Shampoonesia

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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Pertnesia

Created by: verysimplegame

Pronunciation: pert-knees-ya

Sentence: Mike tried squeaking a tuft of hair between two fingers, but that gave no clue. DAMN THIS PERTNESIA!

Etymology: Pertâ„¢ + amnesia

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Disscrubtonica

Created by: imagica

Pronunciation: dis-scrub-tonica

Sentence: I'm sorry my hair looks so bad today, I had a brief bout of disscrubtonica in the shower today.

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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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Thanks! ~ James