Verboticism: Belaunderedtriangle
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.
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Pairadise
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: parədīs
Sentence: Socks lead a rough life, forced to live much of their lives in dark smelly caves called shoes, being walked on constantly and generally not appreciated. Even their mending is a mild curse. (Darn!) Because of this Marney isn*t too concerned when one escapes to pairadise. She is convinced that the swirling of the dryer creates a tiny black hole at the center of the drum. It is so tiny that only one sock can squeeze through at a time thus leaving its mate behind. Marley has a ritual where she takes the widowed hose and places it in the dryer. She sets it to fluff and an unlimited time setting. Though she might need to dump the lint trap several times, the mismatched footwear eventually makes it across time/space barrier to rejoin its mate. Strangely enough, once she has reunited the couple, the first-departed may return for a visit via the black hole that resides under her bed.
Etymology: pair (a set of two things used together or regarded as a unit) + paradise (heaven as the ultimate abode of the just)
Detergatory
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /diˈtɜ˞dʒəˌtɔɹi/ /dee-TER-juh-TOR-ee/ or /diˈtɜ˞gəˌtɔɹi/ /dee-TER-guh-TOR-ee/ depending on dialect
Sentence: Some believe that if a lost sock is deemed clean in detergatory then it may be reincarnated as a glove.
Etymology: From detergent + Purgatory
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - Mustang, 2008-01-09: 06:21:00
as long as it isn't forced to stay in limb-o - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-09: 10:34:00
Very creative! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-10: 16:53:00
Reminds me of the old Laugh-In expression ... "sock it to me" ... which sockatory did for me! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-11: 13:57:00
oops ... how did I get this comment under the wrong word ... sorry! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-11: 13:58:00
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Hosetage
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: hoze/taj
Sentence: We have reports of several hosetage situations taking place in a new subdivision where LG washers have been installed. We now believe LG stands for last gasp and several socks have lost their mates to the dreaded spin cycle gang.
Etymology: hose + hostage
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COMMENTS:
Love the sentence, (perhaps LG also stands for Lost Garments)... - Tigger, 2008-01-10: 00:21:00
Great sentence;luv the word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-10: 16:52:00
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Soccuum
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sok-yoom
Sentence: Every time Jill does laundry at least one sock is mysteriously absorbed into the socuum behind the dryer.
Etymology: sock(a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle)+ vacuum (a space entirely devoid of matter)
Styxcycle
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: STICKS-uh-cull (alternatively: stick-SIGH-cull)
Sentence: Flo and Eddie drove down to the local Sudz-O-Mat with some trepidation. Flo didn't trust Eddie's laundry skills, and Eddie knew he'd suffer a tumble-dried fate worse than death if he lost just ONE of Flo's imported Mohair/Alpaca blend custom knitted reinforced-toe foot garments. After gently front-loading the best machine with Eco-friendly low-phosphate clinical-action detergent, Flo lovingly inserted her beloved socks and set the washer to "ultra-gentle". Flo positioned SweatyEddie on a folding chair right in front of the porthole and went next door to the pizzeria. Sure as shootin, when they opened the evil machine's greedy maw, Flo's coddled sockettes were riding solo, unpaired and unloved, traumatized victims of the mysterious STYXCYCLE which spelled the end of another modern relationship. Flo had insured her collection to the hilt, but although her temperment was set to NORMAL, she took Eddie down to the river and beat him on a rock in an effort to make him "come clean"...
Etymology: STYX+CYCLE=STYXCYCLE.....STYX:the principal river of the underworld in Greek mythology in which the Gods did their laundry;Latin Styg-, Styx, from Greek.......CYCLE:an interval of time during which a sequence of events or phenomena is completed < wash cycle,spin cycle> a course or series of events or operations that recur regularly and usually lead back to the starting point.
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COMMENTS:
http://www.oldewash.com/ - metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 11:33:00
hopefully they went to heaven where choirs of angels sing hose/anna in the highest - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-06: 12:11:00
Today's challenge has spawned a cornucopia of creativity that's going to make voting VERY difficult. What a crew! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 12:14:00
http://www.myspace.com/floandeddie - metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 12:20:00
Don't know when I've had so many laughs reading the stories behind the words!!! Didn't know there was actually laundry being done in the underworld!! - mweinmann, 2008-11-06: 13:22:00
NOBODY escapes washday :) - metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 15:45:00
Terrific imput as usual. Perhaps the wayward siocks are trying to escape eternal darnation. Nice combo by use of 'Styx" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-06: 17:41:00
Styx and stones...it's great therapy to hear everyone discuss their sox lives... - Nosila, 2008-11-06: 22:05:00
Good one!! - Mustang, 2008-11-06: 22:18:00
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Feeternaldarnation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: feet ternal darn ayshun
Sentence: It took Bobbie a while to realize a universal truth. When socks go into the dryer, we think they are just getting dried. The reality is they are getting tried. Crimes such as shrinking, holey toes and heels, fading or changing color and losing elasticity are punishable violations. Those guilty are sentenced to feeternal darnation...never to be seen again. Bobbie now knew that those missing hose were actually socks offenders.
Etymology: Play on Eternal Damnation (the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell)...Feet (what the socks cover) & Darn (mending the holes in socks with wool/yarn; also a euphemism for damn)
Disocksociation
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /dis-sok-soh-see-ay-shun/
Sentence: It's a little known fact that, like radioactive elements, each new pair of socks has a distinct half-life, equal to the number of times they may be laundered before spontaneously decaying into a single sock, by a process known as disocksociation.
Etymology: disassociation - the state of being unconnected (Latin, dis- prefix meaning "apart or asunder" & associātus "joined to") + sock (from Latin, soccus "slipper")
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COMMENTS:
clever! - bananabender, 2008-01-10: 00:18:00
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Nincycle
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nin sīkəl
Sentence: Ruby would dutifully collect pairs of socks. As if on Noah's checklist, they went into the washer two by two. Somewhere during the nincycle one would make its escape. Strangely, the same thing happened when she mentioned laundry to her boyfriend. As though he was a trained ninja, he could disappear for hours without even leaving the apartment.
Etymology: ninja (a person skilled in ninjutsu known for their ability to disappear) + cycle (a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order) Derivative of "spin cycle"
Belaunderedtriangle
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Be-lawn-derd-try-ang-el
Sentence: Carla wished that she could solve the mystery of the belaunderedtriangle, but as she sat and looked at the huge pile of odd socks that she had accumulated over the past few months she knew that it was highy unlikely.
Etymology: See Bermuda Triangle(a region of the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean in which mysterious disappearances often occur)
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COMMENTS:
I'll bet Carla caught a lot of static for that... - metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 11:50:00
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Sockinghell
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: Sokk-in-hell
Sentence: Where the sockinghell is my other sock? More to the point where has Ben gone!??
Etymology: Used in a derogatory manner without actually cursing. Can be used to describe anything that has gone missing like socks usually do in the wash. Sockinghell is also where your flatmate goes when he says he will be 5 mins in the Kitchen.