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: 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: Sed8ed

Pronunciation: sham-poo-dee-men-sha

Sentence:

Etymology:

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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: Count

Pronunciation: shamp-nesch-eyah

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Etymology: shamp- (shampoo) + nesia (amnesia)

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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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Created by: Mobelia

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I relapthered this morning hoping it was indeed the first time I'd washed my hair.

Etymology: from lapse in memory and lather or relather depending on whether your laps is accurate on.

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Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: warm-hoal

Sentence: Snapping out of a momentary trance caused by the relaxing stream of hot water, I realized that I had just gone through a warmhole.

Etymology: wormhole = a hole in time and space & warm because this wouldn't happen to me if I took a cold shower, that's for sure!

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COMMENTS:

Hehe! It can also cause a woman to forget to shave her left leg...uh... not speaking from experience or anything... - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-09: 06:36:00

Then who's leg was it? - wordmeister, 2007-02-09: 09:36:00

OK... it was mine. But perhaps I just made a hairror and used the wrong side of the razor? - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-09: 11:01:00

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Created by: ahwinters

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: artr

Pronunciation: sləmbərins

Sentence: Most people use their morning shower to help wake them up. Jill uses hers to get a few more minutes of shut-eye. The only time limit to her slumberinse is the capacity of her hot water heater.

Etymology: slumber (sleep) + rinse (wash with clean water to remove soap, detergent, dirt, or impurities)

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