Verboticism: Funghast
DEFINITION: n. The unexpected moment of horror when you realize that you're sharing your bathroom shower with thousands of rapidly replicating fungi, commonly known as orange slime. v. To be colonized by orange slime.
Funghast
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: fuhng-gast
Sentence: As he leapt from the diving board Leonard was overcome with funghast when he looked down to see the water in the pool was a pea-soup green color.
Etymology: Fungus: Latin; fungus, mushroom; perh. akin to Gk spóngos, sphóngos + Aghast: Old English; gǣstan to frighten
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