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DEFINITION: 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.
Verboticisms
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Conditionesia
Created by: IneffableDawn
Pronunciation: con-dish-on-eez-ee-ya
Sentence: She had just shampooed and conditioned her hair, but forgot that she did in an extreme bout of conditionesia.
Etymology: Condition (derived from 'conditioner') Esia (from 'amnesia')
Mindgap
Created by: Metalflower
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When Gina was having the most fun at the party, she went pale, because she simply couldn't remember, if she hed fed the fish. The mindgap cruelly set in again!
Etymology: mind, gap
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COMMENTS:
Gina mindgap was cruel: the life of a fish is ova before it begins. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-16: 18:35:00
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Dejampoo
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: day-zharm-poo
Sentence: as i put the 2-in-1 through my hair i was struck by a feeling of dejampoo
Etymology: deja vu, shampoo
Follichole
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: fall-lik-hole
Sentence: During her morning bathrumination, Julie slipped into a shower follichole and subsequently went to work with her hair smelling like last night's party.
Etymology: follicle, black hole
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COMMENTS:
I wanted to spell this word with a K in it to avoid the "ch" in the middle, but "follickhole" looked obscene. - purpleartichokes, 2007-08-16: 06:56:00
I ageee, "ch" is much better looking. Got my vote! - remistram, 2007-08-16: 09:41:00
As long as the follickhole got a good scrubbing. - Kyoti, 2007-08-16: 10:09:00
hehe! - purpleartichokes, 2007-08-16: 11:26:00
You arse-hole right about that! - remistram, 2007-08-16: 12:07:00
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Nexxusnexus
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: NEHK-suh-nehk-suhs
Sentence: It was as Alex's mind drifted off to how tonight's date might go that he found himself trapped in the Nexxusnexus, which resulted in his date dumping him because of his unshampooed hair.
Etymology: Nexxus (brand of shampoo) + Nexus (in Star Trek, a spatial anomaly within which reality appears distorted)
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COMMENTS:
Clever like a Foxxfox. - Kyoti, 2007-08-16: 10:04:00
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Shamnesia
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: sham-knee-shah
Sentence: Stricken with shamnesia, I had absolutely no recollection of how many times I shampooed, rinsed and repeated.
Etymology: shampoo + amnesia
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COMMENTS:
great word! - galwaywegian, 2007-08-17: 04:12:00
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Comacomalavo
Created by: scorpio6000
Pronunciation: [koh'-muh koh'-muh la'-voh
Sentence: My hair does not look greasy! Can I help it if there was a comacomalavo three mornings in a row?
Etymology: n. [L. "coma," lethargic state; + L. "coma," hair; + L. "lavo," wash or clense.
Shamgapoo
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: sham-gah-poo
Sentence: She felt like she was in a halcion daze whenever she used that new shampoo. On the bottle there was a warning in very small print. It read: "Use with caution. Repeated use may cause shamgapoo. If you experience any drowsiness, memory loss or loss of motor skills please seek medical attention immediately. If you are late for work more than 3 consecutive days that is your problem. Use at your own risk."
Etymology: shampoo + gap (as in space)
Loreality
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: lorr eee al ittee
Sentence: The shower was so powerful her tactile senses took over, sweeping her from reality to Loreality. She couldn't remember her own name, much less what she was supposed to be doing with the soap, but heck, she figured she was worth it!
Etymology: loreal, reality
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COMMENTS:
Reality to loreality I've often been there. Great word the "Loreal" Company will love you. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-16: 23:03:00
I'll vote for this - because your worth it! - petaj, 2007-08-17: 02:47:00
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Discontegrination
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: dis-kuhn-teg-ruh-NAY-shun
Sentence: Marissa had just lathered and rinsed, but not repeated, when she felt as if she'd been sucked through a wormhole, which destabilized her shower routine and left her with a pronounced feeling of discontegrination.
Etymology: Disconnection (as in "off the hook") + Tegrin (medicated shampoo that causes tingly sensations) + disintegration (like soap bubbles bursting under a jet of water)
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like she had a cosmic shower. - petaj, 2007-08-16: 03:55:00
Seems that Marissa found out that taking a shower is a lot like life: one wrong turn and you find yourself in "hot" water! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-16: 18:18:00
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Comments:
Kyoti - 2007-08-16: 10:07:00
And never let Mom see you running through her house washwarp objects.
Metalflower - 2007-08-16: 18:07:00
I don't know this feeling at all! It has never occured to me! At least in the shower.... Because, what DOES happen often.... I run back to my car to see if it's locked. It never was unlocked, but I simply never remember locking it. ;)
OZZIEBOB - 2007-08-16: 18:25:00
Good word. It seems to me that Water Conservation officials along with their economics make no sense: no matter how much it rains, they always send me a water bill.