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DEFINITION: n. The tight-packed wads of fluff found in the dryer after doing laundry. v. To uncurl and dissect the fluff found in a dryer while trying to figure what it once was.
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Fuzzsplotchter
Created by: xxmel
Pronunciation: Fuz-Splah-Ch-Tur
Sentence: Jane was perplexed to see a fuzzsplochter of so many colors and shades alongside her freshly washed sweater.
Etymology: Fuzz - Soft, fluff, consisting of little; Splotch - Blob, ball
Fluffenter
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: fluf-in-ter
Sentence: Snilber's pet, Wilbur became a fluffenter with all of the other fuzz bunnies in the lint jungle.
Etymology: Fluff- Inflated or padded material or fuzz. Originally Taken in part from the word "Vent" -An opening permitting the escape of fumes, a liquid, a gas, or steam or lint. Added "Er" and could also mean - Enter-To come or go into and end up getting fluffentered into tiny lint pieces! :)
Washntear
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: wash and tair
Sentence: Joe decided he really didn’t need a new watch – he had a cell phone. Where did that receipt for the watch go!? And, where did he leave his phone this time? Joe remembered he left his trousers on the floor, a sign indicating their need of a wash. He stealthily made his way downstairs in the dark to the basement laundrytank, opened the hatch and began rummaging through cool clothing tangles. Ah! there they were! Joe deftly slipped a cold hand into his trouser pocket, then, the other – no phone. However, he did pull out the damp washntears of what appeared to be his receipt! After careful washntearing apart the washntear, he had managed to see faded scrawls on paper tears, of what, he could not read. He looked at the new watch on his wrist: at least he had the time!
Etymology: washntear n or v. A play on the marketing term "washnwear". It is from "washnwear", material that purports to need no ironing after washing and "tear", to pull apart, ruin.
Linternet
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lint er net
Sentence: When June cleaned out the mesh on her dryer, it was always filled with what she called linternet...those little bits of fabric and material that were always floating around in fibre space.
Etymology: lint (dryer fluff;loose fibres) & Internet (world wide web)
Identifibre
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: I-den-tee-fy-ber
Sentence: When Sue went to empty her tumble drier she found it was full of strange looking fluff, on trying to identifibre the cause she realised her young daughter had put in her old teddy bear and the stuffing had mixed with the lint from the clothes.
Etymology: Identify(establish the identity of) + Fibre(a thread from which textiles are formed) = Identifibre
Whirlpoolint
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: whurl-pool-lint
Sentence: Marjorie was absolutely astounded at the amount of Whirlpoolint she found in the dryer after each use of the appliance and she marveled at how big some of the dustbunnies were and tried to figure out which garment or other article produced them.
Etymology: Blend of Whirlpool, a brand of appliances and Lint.
Flaeces
Created by: simoneshin
Pronunciation: flea-seize
Sentence: I know there's beasts living in your dryer. But judging from the size of flaeces, it must be one big **
Etymology: fleece, faeces
Hampster
Created by: Ismelstar
Pronunciation: [ham-pster]
Sentence: Slogging throught one's laundry was one thing, Hannah decided, but dehampsterfying Andy's dryer was rather like mucking out the stables and required a degree in zoology.
Etymology: Mash up of Hamper, a large basket or other receptacle, usually with a cover as in for clothes and Hamster a short-tailed, stout-bodied, burrowing rodent.
Delintiation
Created by: Negatrev
Pronunciation: Di-lin-tea-eh-shun
Sentence: Margret was becoming annoyed with constantly having to delintiate he husbands pockets.
Etymology: Delintiate(to remove dryer fluff from clothes)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by artr. Thank you artr. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by artr. Thank you artr. ~ James
artipt - 2018-09-01: 11:49:00
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