Verboticism: Malintgerer

'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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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: mal/int/gur/ur

Sentence: A malintgerer is a stubborn piece of lint which pretends to be ill to prevent being vacuumed up.

Etymology: malingerer + lint

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Comments: Malintgerer

purpleartichokes - 2008-04-04: 19:33:00
Ha!

purpleartichokes - 2008-04-04: 20:08:00
Ha! Good word.