Verboticism: Sockatory
DEFINITION: n., 1. The process by which pairs of socks are washed, dried, and then separated perhaps never to be reunited again. 2. The place where lost socks disappear to. v. To lose your mate in the wash.
Sockatory
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: sock-a-tour-ee
Sentence: Steven looked down at his mismatched feet knowing that now all his pairs of socks had a mate go on to sockatory some time after the rinse cycle, never to be found again. He wondered if it was all a conspiracy dreamed up by the fruit guys at Fruit of the Loom as he headed out to the store to buy more socks.
Etymology: purgatory + sock
Points: 626
Comments: Sockatory
Tigger - 2008-01-10: 03:17:00
Love your conspiracy theory.
OZZIEBOB - 2008-01-10: 16:53:00
Nice word!
silveryaspen - 2008-01-11: 14:02:00
silveryaspen - 2008-01-11: 13:57:00 Reminds me of the old Laugh-In expression ... "sock it to me" ... which sockatory did for me!