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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 dis sham poo

Sentence: When Liz goes into her shower, she actually loses all sense of time and space. When she has trouble remembering whether or not she washed her hair, she knows it's because she is in her tardishampoo zone.

Etymology: Tardis (name of Dr.Who's British Telecom Phone Box,come timetravelling/universe hopping vehicle, whose acronym means Time And Relative Dimension in Space) & Shampoo (hair cleaner)

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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.

Etymology:

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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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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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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)

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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?

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Xeplenesia

kaenif

Created by: kaenif

Pronunciation: [sɛpləˈniːʒə] /sep-luh-NEE-zhuh/

Sentence: Why is your shampoo used up so quickly? I always realise I have washed my hair twice after rinsing. Stupid xeplenesia.

Etymology: Greek ξεπλένω - xepléno - rinse ἀμνησία - amnesia

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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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Showerspace

Created by: eddie

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Blacholetime

Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: blats-holietime

Sentence: It was a very bussy day, tonight its blacholetime

Etymology: blackhole an time

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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
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Thanks! ~ James