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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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Biohazmat
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bīōhazmat
Sentence: Paul was so sick that he didn't even care that his attempt to contain his tissues had gone hopelessly astray. Between the sofa where he was curled up and the waste paper basket was a trail of used tissues — a mucous menace — a phlegm flow — a biohazmat. After 3 days the mass had started to congeal into a two-dimensional piñata from hell.
Etymology: Biohazard (a risk to human health or the environment arising from biological work) + hazmat (Hazardous materials and items) + mat (a small rug)
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COMMENTS:
Haz my vote... - Nosila, 2009-01-02: 18:03:00
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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.
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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Bleghthargy
Created by: DevynAlexanderSkyeHarris
Pronunciation: Bleh-Thar-Gee
Sentence: Slpatch. The sound of hazmat level tissues colliding to floor was louder than he expected. "I'm sick." Duviidu cooed disfigured. "That is no reason to be lazy now." Snapped back Loran. Duviidu glanced over to her. "Uh, Its just bleghthargy you know? Like the name for the physical weakness accompanied with feeling sick?" She looked puzzled like a caterpillar on its turn during the weekly Shakespeare trivia night. "You're Bleghthargic? No You're just lazy."
Etymology: 1. Blegh: Indicating lack of motivation or used to describe that something is sickening. 2. Lethargy: Being lazy, sluggish or indifferent.
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:
Serendipsliptissue-ous! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-02: 07:49:00
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Snotsam
Created by: bigveg
Pronunciation: snot-sam
Sentence: Bill was astonished by the amount of snotsam that could accumulate in just one night.
Etymology: snot: the stuff you put on a tissue flotsam: wreckage which can wash ashore
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COMMENTS:
HA! Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-10: 06:52:00
Perfect! - ErWenn, 2008-03-10: 09:47:00
you can really pick em. - petaj, 2008-03-10: 09:52:00
excellent - galwaywegian, 2008-03-10: 11:03:00
Great creation! - Jamagra, 2008-03-10: 13:12:00
you should feel floating yourself after picking this great one :) - kashman, 2008-03-10: 13:13:00
clever - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-10: 16:56:00
Yep, you picked a winner! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-10: 18:30:00
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Tissooze
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: tish/oze
Sentence: Winter! Oh damn winter!! Take me now with your freezing minus 27 celcius, sore throat, aching ears, massive sinus ache, chills!!! Warmth, where is the warmth?!!!! I give up!!!!! Heating pad, neck warmer, not even four blankets help!!!!!! Running nose, rolls of toilet paper resulting in a massive mountain of tissooze surrounding me, burying me, suffocating me, killing me!!!!!!! Take me now wretched winter!!!!!!!! I succumb to you bastard winter!!!!!!!!!
Etymology: TISSOOZE - noun - from TISSUE + OOZE
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COMMENTS:
Sentence, like the nose, drips with your suffering! Clever Creation! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-02: 10:51:00
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Tissueissue
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: tiss - yew - iss - yew
Sentence: Darrell realized he had a major somewhat dangerous tissuissue with the growing pile of soiled kleenex but he felt too lousy to make the necessary effort to rectify it.
Etymology: combination of tissue and issue
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COMMENTS:
Nice! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-10: 18:35:00
Rhymes are fun, fits the definition, it's a great one! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-10: 23:02:00
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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
Boogerton
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: buh-gur-tun
Sentence: When he was sick with the flu, John's room turned into a small boogerton. He had gotten so sick he could barely move; and even when he was better, he still couldn't move from all the dirty tissues on the floor.
Etymology: booger + ton (to make it seem like a small village or town)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James