Verboticisms

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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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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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)

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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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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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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: scrub + aff + ull

Sentence: Sorry I'm late, I got totally scrubaffled in the shower this morning.

Etymology: scrub + baffle

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COMMENTS:

is that pronounced like ms. crabapple on simpsons? - Alchemist, 2007-02-09: 19:53:00

I like this one, I can see myself using this. - erasmus, 2007-02-13: 11:24:00

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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: 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.

Etymology:

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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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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: Pert™ + amnesia

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