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DEFINITION: n. A pile of used and discarded tissues; may constitute a bio-hazard. v. To drop a used tissue on to the floor beside your bed or chair, because you are so sick you can barely move.
Verboticisms
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Tocsickwaste
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: tok sik way ssst
Sentence: He drifted back into conciousness with the worrying news that the tocsickwaste beside the couch appeared to be moving. thoughts of a new mutant virus were quelled when he noticed the face of his pet chihuahua looking up throught the gunge filled kleenex.
Etymology: toxic waste, sick.
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COMMENTS:
poor chihuahua probably had a very glossy coat after that experience - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-10: 13:28:00
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Viralysis
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: vi-RAL-a-sis
Sentence: Although Kevin was in danger of asphyxiation by tissue, his viralysis was total and he could do nothing more than drop another tissue onto the sodden snotscape.
Etymology: viral + paralysis
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COMMENTS:
Brilliant...quite "snoty" analysis of the "paralysis" :) - kashman, 2008-03-10: 13:00:00
this word really grows on you - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-10: 16:57:00
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Flupas
Created by: brasstax82
Pronunciation: floo-pa
Sentence: Sick to his stomach, and really not carrying that his roommate was bringing over a few girls, frank wallowed in a mound of his own filth committing a huge flupas.
Etymology: Flu: Sickness Faux pas:Violation of accepted social norms.
Tisspew
Created by: zabxuq
Pronunciation: tiss-sp_u
Sentence: The flu was simply too much. Fixing his own lunch was out of the question. With barely enough energy to tisspew, Gil could do nothing but wait for chicken soup reinforcements to arrive under their own power.
Etymology: Tisspew: v. combination of tissue: a thin gauzy paper + spew: eject or cast away.
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COMMENTS:
Souper! - Nosila, 2009-01-02: 18:06:00
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Infloorendsza
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: in/flor/ends/za
Sentence: Josh had learned in his meditation class to let go of problems and let them float away so he put the teaching into practice used infloorendsza to rid himself of his germs carefully wrapped up in tissues.
Etymology: influenza + floor + ends + za (which is sort of like ya)
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COMMENTS:
Sick! And it suggests that some kind of growth (flora) has taken over. - petaj, 2008-03-10: 09:55:00
Snot so bad! Song for the day, Booger Woogie Bugle Boy! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-10: 18:25:00
Good word. The eyes have it, parhaps more the noses! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-10: 21:10:00
LOve the way you embedded floor and ends in influenza ... clever blending ... fits the definition. Outstanding word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-10: 23:00:00
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Masturgration
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: MASS-TER-GRAY-SHUN
Sentence: Steve was so sick he couldn't believe the enormity of the masturgration that had occurred when he came to.
Etymology: Those dirty little tissues that seem pile up when you're feeling really sick.
Snoxic
Created by: earlnewton
Pronunciation: SNOCKS-ick
Sentence: Surrounded by three tissue boxes worth of his own fluids, Peter's room was becoming snoxic.
Etymology: derived from snot + toxic
Phleghoard
Created by: pilar1347
Pronunciation: FLEG-ord
Sentence: n: John is so sick the phelghoard on his night-stand is taller than the lamp! v: I know Mary has a cold, but she's been phelghoarding all over our shared workspace.
Etymology: A combination of phelgm and hoard.
Phlegmzard
Created by: kashman
Pronunciation: Flem-zard
Sentence: Fighting with cold left George so numb that he became indifferent to the phlegmzard created in the living room of his shared apartment; this apparent "coldness" resulted in exodus of his roomate to less hazardous environment.
Etymology: Phlegm (viscid mucus secreted while suffering from cold) + Hazard (source of danger).
Fengtisshui
Created by: queenjane75
Pronunciation: fang-tissue-e
Sentence: Suffering through the second round of antibiotics, and the fourth week of a sinus infection, Bob, through his serious study of tissue placement, had incidentally become a master of fengtisshui.
Etymology: feng-shui+tissue=fengtisshui
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COMMENTS:
Funny and very fun! Unique choice of words to blend. Ingeniously Well Done! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-10: 23:09:00
Hillariously clever creation! - Tigger, 2008-03-10: 23:20:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James