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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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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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Soapoperation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sop oper ay shun
Sentence: George's twice daily overlong shower turned into a regular soapoperation...he had a shampooectomy which took over an hour each time.
Etymology: Soap Opera (daily drama) & Operation (manoeuver;planned activity)
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)
Exfoiliatrophy
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ex/fole/ee/a/troe/fee
Sentence: When they found Prunella, the shower was still running and she had finally succumbed to exfoliatrophy.
Etymology: exfoliate + atrophy
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COMMENTS:
Nice! - TJayzz, 2009-02-26: 06:42:00
Pruney no doubt put the Exfoilia Trophy in her trophy cabinet and added it to her many other awards. - Mustang, 2009-02-26: 07:48:00
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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
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)
Rainsin
Created by: feltcap
Pronunciation: rān'sĭn
Sentence: It had been a long day, working a 10 hour shift and coming home to find his cat had knocked all the plants out of the window - it was no wonder he lost track of time in the shower and made it a rainsin.
Etymology: similar to rain - condensed water falling in drops, sin - to violate a moral law (overindulgence leading to negative consequence), sounds like raisin - alluding to the pruning of the skin
Minuwet
Created by: tessawessa
Pronunciation: miin/you/wet
Sentence: The art of the long, slow dance taken in the shower prior to beginning the 8 hour ritual of work. The participant often can sunstain the dance movements until visable hyperhydration occurs on the finger tips. Post-minuet, the shower participant often will feel overwhelmingly lathered, something that requires thorough towel-use in order to return to the normal state of dry.
Etymology: From the French word, "minuet". A 17th century dance...
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COMMENTS:
like it! - galwaywegian, 2009-02-26: 14:30:00
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Vegaturate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: vedj_ATCH-uhr-ayt
Sentence: Though he didnt set out to fritter away his afternoon Hector 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)
Catawrecked
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kat a rekt
Sentence: The cataract left him catawrecked as he wobbled out of the bathroom, leaving a trail of flesh behind.
Etymology: cataract, wrecked
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COMMENTS:
gruesome but funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-26: 10:31:00
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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