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DEFINITION: v. To take a really long, relaxing, shower; so long in fact, that you loose concept of time. n. A prolonged shower that uses up a whole tank of hot water and leaves the bather looking like a boiled raisin.
Verboticisms
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Vegaturate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: vedj_ATCH-uhr-ayt
Sentence: Though he didnt set out to fritter away his afternoon, Luther nevertheless did in fact vegaturate in the whirlpool bath until he was totally pruney and out of energy and ambition.
Etymology: Blend of 'vegetate' (To exist in a state of physical or mental inactivity or insensibility) and 'saturate'(to soak, impregnate, or imbue thoroughly or completely)
Prunerize
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: proon-er-eyes
Sentence: Maggie was so intent on prunerizing herself that she failed to notice the passage of time. When she eventually emerged from the shower, her children were grown and her husband had remarried.
Etymology: prune + tenderize
Htwohno
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: aych + too + ooo + nooo
Sentence: Carsten was quickly looking puckered and dry. He did not realize how much time he was spending in the shower and puzzled over his water bills. Today was truly htwohno time as he went through an entire tank of hot water, missed three phone calls, was late for work and to top it off, when he got to work no one recognized him.
Etymology: H20 + oh no >> H2O (water, the most abundant molecule on the face of the earth) oh no (An exclamation or expression of alarm, concern, or resentment about a problem or error)
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COMMENTS:
terrific sentence - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-26: 10:32:00
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Steamtuary
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: steem/tu/ar/y
Sentence: After a difficult and stressful day in the office jungle, Joe loves to turn on his shower and step into his tranquil, peaceful and timeless steamtuary.
Etymology: STEAMTUARY - noun from STEAM (the mist formed when the vapor from hot water condenses in the air) + SANCTUARY (a sacred place, such as a shower, in which one is immune to the presses and worries of the outside world)
Damprune
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: damproōn
Sentence: Jeremy was told that a hot shower can give your skin a fresh healthy look. After overdoing it for nearly an hour his new look is more like a damprune.
Etymology: damp (slightly wet) + damn + prune (a plum preserved by drying, having a black, wrinkled appearance)
Spaboiled
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Spar-boy-eld
Sentence: Having been gardening all day, Joe decided to take a long hot shower. As the hot water splashed around him he felt like he was being wrapped in a blanket. It felt so good he lost all track of time and ended up spaboiled, emerging looking like an over cooked lobster.
Etymology: Spa(a hot water tub) + boiled(to have been immersed in hot water until cooked) = Spaboiled See Parboiled(boil until nearly cooked)
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COMMENTS:
very nice - yellowbird, 2009-02-26: 06:36:00
He was no doubt thinking of his long lost girlfriend Sammin Ella...he lobster and never flounder... - Mustang, 2009-02-26: 07:50:00
terrific and love the puns Mustang - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-26: 10:28:00
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Dipvanwrinkle
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dip van rink el
Sentence: Her dipvanwrinkle on her wedding night lasted so long that when she reappeared, the honeymoon was over.
Etymology: dip, wrinkle, rip van winkle
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COMMENTS:
Nice! - artr, 2010-09-10: 13:22:00
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Gablution
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: gab loo shun
Sentence: When Susie takes a shower, she uses her ear-phone and multi-tasks by showering and catching up with her friends and relatives. Her husband calls this ritual her gablution. He also calls it expensive to use her phone so much and use up all the hot water.
Etymology: gab (talk excessively, for a long time) & Ablution (ritual cleansing;daily personal hygiene routine)
Shour
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: like "shower"
Sentence: Raoul spent many shours steaming and relaxing in the hot sudsy water of his shower. One day, after a particularly long shour, his skin appeared a fiery red, wrinkled, moist sun-dried tomato! After that day, he swore off the shour for a bathour.
Etymology: shour is a homophone for shower. "Shour" has the word "hour" in it to emphasize its long duration.
Scrublutions
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: skrub loo shuns
Sentence: When Dr. Who does his scrublutions, he does so in his shower cabinet that looks like a red British phone booth. He calls it his Tardishower. By the time he is finished washing every part of him and then some,over and over,he has crossed into another time and dimension. This is how he makes a clean getaway...
Etymology: Scrub (wash thoroughly;the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water) & Ablutions (ritual washing) TARDIS (acronym for Dr.Who's travel chamber...Time And Relative Dimensions in Space)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by splendiction. Thank you splendiction. ~ James
splendiction - 2009-02-26: 22:00:00
-you're welcome. This def. was dedicated to all those family members who deprive us of warm water!
Today's definition was suggested by splendiction. Thank you splendiction. ~ James