Verboticism: Cleanfoolerus
DEFINITION: n. Redundant and often clumsy preparations made before meeting with a "professional" -- like a hairdresser, dentist or cleaning lady. v. To prepare for a meeting with a professional by trying to hide the fact that you desperately need their services.
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Nervicecall
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: Nur-vis-call
Sentence: "They've seen it all" I kept telling myself as I frantically added bromide to the hot tub and scrubbed at the scum ring along the top. My husband, while taunting me for my extensive preparations for the nervicecall from the spa guy, was spotted surreptiously hosing out the filter.
Etymology: Service call combined with nervous.
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COMMENTS:
LOL! Too funny :) It makes a LOT of sense! You have my vote! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-26: 16:38:00
This is so very clever!! - mweinmann, 2009-03-26: 17:17:00
Good! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-26: 21:16:00
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Bedlamouflage
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: bed lam o flahj
Sentence: As the doorbell announcing the arrival of their new cleaning lady rang, they looked around. The bedlamouflage would work as long as she didn't touch the cupboard door, look in the guest bathroom and the sedatives they'd given the cat didn't wear off too soon.
Etymology: bedlam, camouflage
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COMMENTS:
:-) - silveryaspen, 2009-03-26: 10:02:00
Funny beddy bye-bye story! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-26: 10:15:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-26: 12:32:00
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Wifeswabbing
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: wyfe swab bing
Sentence: Marla was racing around cleaning every nook and cranny in her large home. She had been at it for 2 days and had swept, vaccuumed, dusted, scrubbed, washed and sanitized every surface in her home, until it sparkled. Her husband Jerry came home and was bemused to find her toiling away so hard. "Isn't the new cleaner coming this afternoon?" he asked puzzedly. "Yes, and I have to rush to finish all this before she gets here". "Why is our home getting such a thorough wifeswabbing when a cleaner is on her way? Isn't that redundant?" he asked innocently. "You don't understand...she was recommended by Simone Smith from the Country Club and I cannot have her finding us the way we really live and tattling back to the ladies at the Club about what slobs we are. It is a matter of home pride! Besides, at $200 an hour it would cost us about a grand every week to have her do the real work!" Jerry thought this over and then asked, "What can I do to help before she gets here?"
Etymology: Wife (female spouse) & Swabbing (cleaning/scrubbing with a mop) & play onm Wife Swapping (what swingers do...trading spouses for a night, wink wink, nod, nod)
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COMMENTS:
Hilarious! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-26: 09:23:00
(grin grin) it's a win win word! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-26: 10:11:00
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Anticipurge
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: an-tis-i-purge
Sentence: Harry was horrified when he got to work and realized that the housekeeper was coming to clean his apartment today and he had forgotten to anticipurge the girly magazines from the bathroom.
Etymology: anticipate -- get ready, prepare, purge -- cleanse, purify
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-26: 09:29:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-26: 12:32:00
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Presheen
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: prēshēn
Sentence: Despite the fact that she was of legal age doesn't mean that Martha can't also be a presheen. Before she takes her car to the car wash she details it herself. Before she goes to her goes to her regular dentist for an annual check-up she will go to another for a dental cleaning. Her children have been known to go into hiding if she mentions the need for a haircut.
Etymology: pre (before) + sheen (shine or cause to shine softly) a play off of preteen
Preencleaning
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: preen + cleen + ing
Sentence: Spring is the time for preencleaning. We always mow the lawn and clean out the beds before the landscapers arrive; I look nice for my hairdresser before Easter and clean the house so the handyman doesn't see the mess when he comes to do repairs....
Etymology: Pre, Preen and Cleaning >> Pre: Prior to, before -- Preen: Personal grooming, to smooth and groom -- Cleaning
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COMMENTS:
Clever play on spring cleaning, too! Excellent word! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-26: 10:05:00
terrific word - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-26: 12:35:00
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Primpemptive
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: primp/em/tiv
Sentence: As a primpemtive strike before heading off to her hair colourist Sally dyes any telltale roots.
Etymology: primp + preemptive
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COMMENTS:
No fool like an old fool ... perfiction! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-26: 10:07:00
perfect word... - mweinmann, 2009-03-26: 17:17:00
Sally knows how to get to the root of the problem. Great word! - Mustang, 2009-03-26: 22:09:00
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Fakeitz
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: fake-its
Sentence: Buffy would often rush her husband, Biffy to clean before the maid arrived, and he would snarl and call her a fakeitz, for not allowing anyone to see the real way they lived.
Etymology: Fake- It-
Desperablution
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dess perr ab loo shun
Sentence: she was so tired from her desperablutions, she fell into a trancindental state during the interview and agreed to pay the cleaner more than she earned herself.
Etymology: desperation, ablutions
