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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.
Verboticisms
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Sockgregation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sok greg ay shun
Sentence: The process of sockgregation on laundry day leads to many casualties. More hosiery pairs are torn apart in the dryer than married couples in Reno, darn it!
Etymology: Sock (hosiery;woolly covering for feet and ankles) & Segregation (the act of segregating or sequestering)
Soaparation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: so per ay shun
Sentence: Jenny's socks felt like laundry day was family court. They went through a soaparation process and at the end of the cycle, they were not together as a couple. Most seemed to weather the wash and rinse okay, but few survived as a pair through The Drying Game.
Etymology: Soap (cleansing agent) & Separation (the act of dividing or disconnecting)
Socdition
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: soc/dish/un
Sentence: When one of my socks loses its sole, it mysteriously makes its way, on its own, to socdition, never to be found in my washer, or dryer again.
Etymology: sock + perdition (hell)
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COMMENTS:
I like the reference to souls - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-09: 10:47:00
Good word & sentence - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-10: 16:55:00
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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.
Socknullity
Created by: denise
Pronunciation: sok-NUL-i-tee
Sentence: The constant and frequent socknullity every laundry day forced the young couple to wear flip flops to work.
Etymology: blend of sock + nullity (null, nonexistence)
Argyleabyss
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ar-GYL-uh-byss
Sentence: Sandra was perplexed because of the repeated and mysterious disappearances of several of her boyfriend Thad's argyles when she did is laundry at the laundromat.
Etymology: Blend of argyles and abyss
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COMMENTS:
Another one bites the dust! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 11:49:00
Seems Sandra has Argylethargy. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-06: 17:36:00
I think she did it on purpose because she is a Thaddist! - Nosila, 2008-11-06: 21:59:00
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Argylimbo
Created by: wayoffcenter
Pronunciation: ärgīlimbō
Sentence: When Nancy couldn't find one of her favorite purple socks she knew it had done the argylimbo, dancing its way under the washer or dryer. She refused to subscribe to her boyfriend's theory that single socks are capable of transcending into a different dimension and held in argylimbo only to return if you throw its mate away.
Etymology: argyle (a pattern composed of diamonds of various colors on a plain background, used in knitted garments such as sweaters and socks) limbo (the supposed abode of the souls of unbaptized infants) (a West Indian dance in which the dancer bends backward to pass under a horizontal bar that is progressively lowered to a position just above the ground)
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COMMENTS:
Wow. Etherial religio-laundy surfactants can't diminish the other-dimensional logic behind ARGYLIMBO! I wonder where Madame Blavatsky did her wash? - metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 12:04:00
love the story - zxvasdf, 2008-11-06: 12:13:00
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Sockatory
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: sock-a-tour-ee
Sentence: Steven looked down at his mismatched feet knowing that now all his pairs of socks had a mate go on to sockatory some time after the rinse cycle, never to be found again. He wondered if it was all a conspiracy dreamed up by the fruit guys at Fruit of the Loom as he headed out to the store to buy more socks.
Etymology: purgatory + sock
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COMMENTS:
Love your conspiracy theory. - Tigger, 2008-01-10: 03:17:00
Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-10: 16:53:00
silveryaspen - 2008-01-11: 13:57:00 Reminds me of the old Laugh-In expression ... "sock it to me" ... which sockatory did for me! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-11: 14:02:00
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Interpenise
Created by: GossaMcqueen
Pronunciation: in-ter-penise
Sentence: "Would you please not interpenise your single-sock stealing proclivities while we are enjoying a sensitive sisterhood"; or, "Your interpenisation is here unwelcome, please confine yourself to the fashion media, who always wear paired socks".
Etymology: to insert a penis-like utterance, or concept, into a sophisticated gathering or washing machine, and then remove one sock from each pair
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COMMENTS:
i don't think i have the posting method sussed out \^_^/ - GossaMcqueen, 2013-01-16: 18:15:00
[Edit #2] until i find out how to delete this or to change the "Word" i can only offer this hybrid of the missing sock scenario, and my own word; - GossaMcqueen, 2013-01-16: 18:46:00
my Word is "interpenise", i shall be looking for a break; ty X - GossaMcqueen, 2013-01-16: 18:48:00
i don't like this, all this rethinking and editing and i end up looking stupid ;_; *kwies* - GossaMcqueen, 2013-01-16: 19:03:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by sipsoccer. Thank you sipsoccer. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-01-11: 14:48:00
Your humorous definition brought us all a lot of laughs and a lot of fun words were created. Good one, sipsoccer.
silveryaspen - 2008-01-11: 14:54:00
James ... your cartoon for this daffynition has me roaring with laughter every time I look at it. Can't help wondering if you have a daughter with a boyfriend that inspired it ??? !!! It's a good thing there's no such thing as a cannibal dryer! Yet!
Today's definition was suggested by sipsoccer. Thank you sipsoccer. ~ James
GossaMcqueen - 2013-01-16: 19:14:00
please, i made a mistake and posted wrongly - how do i remove my Word?