Verboticism: Sonnovalint

'Let's try this again with extra suction.'

DEFINITION: v. To pick up a piece of lint from the floor that your vacuum missed, and then drop it in front of the vacuum again, to give the vacuum another chance to suck it up. n. A piece of lint that a vacuum will not pick up.

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Pronunciation: son-of-a-lint

Sentence: No matter how many times I tried, I just couldn't get that sonnovalint off the carpet.

Etymology: son-of-a: a pest or annoying; lint - randoms found on the floor.

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