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'Aaaaaaahh! It's alive!'

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.

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Sporendipity

Created by: Cheeser

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Sentence: Since it was clear that the fungi had been visible and growing for months, this only increased her feeling of sporendipity when she finally noticed them growing up the shower curtain.

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Pulpfriction

Created by: LoftyDreamer

Pronunciation: pulp frik shun

Sentence: Yearning for a cleansing, refreshing 10 minutes in the shower after a hard day slugging it out at the office, Congolia horrificlly encountered pulpfriction just after she'd soaped up.

Etymology: pulp (the soft center of a fruit) + friction (clash)

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COMMENTS:

Like it...what a name, Congolia! - Nosila, 2008-09-29: 19:52:00

metrohumanx CONGOLIA rocks! Tickles dim memories, too. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:34:00

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Sporabother

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: spohr-a-BOVTH-er

Sentence: Emerging from a tsudnamic loreality, Roxie found herself in a sporabother, scumscattled and scumscuttled, amidst a prorangerate.

Etymology: Sporabother (based on a "spot of bother" & sporabola:trajectory of a falling spore). Tsudnami (sud & tsunami) Scumscattle (scum & scattle - Yorkshire word: frightened. Scumscuttle: thwart, destroyed by scum. Prorangerate:(proliferate & orange)

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COMMENTS:

Galwaywegian: Hope you didn't mind me using "Loreality" - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-31: 05:32:00

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Fungusophobia

Created by: leechdude

Pronunciation: fun-gis-o-fo-beea

Sentence: Jenny was in complete fungusophobia watching the orange slime inch their way up the shower curtains and her own toes.

Etymology: fungi, fungus, phobia

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Scumprised

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: scum/prised

Sentence: Jenny was totally scumprised when the fungi lifted her right out of the shower and closed the curtains behind her.

Etymology: SCUMPRISED verb from SCUM (a film, or layer of foul bacterial matter) + SURPRISED (a sudden feeling of wonder, or astonishment)

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Terroroozm

Created by: milorush

Pronunciation: (n.) těr'-ə-rōōz'-əm; (tr.v.) těr'-ə-rōōz'; (adj.) těr'-ə-rōōzd'

Sentence: The only way to fight the spread of terroroozm is to attack it with chlorine bleach and elbow grease.

Etymology: terror[is]m + ooze

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Jacoozie

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: jac/oozy

Sentence: Her bathtub which was had once been a place for quiet relaxation and meditation had been transformed into a jacoozie teaming with microscopic wildlife.

Etymology: jacuzzi + ooze

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COMMENTS:

funny! - galwaywegian, 2007-10-31: 07:46:00

Or maybe, 'Jacooties'? - Tigger, 2007-11-06: 17:18:00

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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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Yucklorange

Created by: QuantumMechanic

Pronunciation: yuk luh rahnj

Sentence: A shiver of yucklorange ran through Sally after she read about hidden bathroom fungi investations.

Etymology: Yuck (exclamation of disgust) + l'orange (from duck l'orange, a popular water fowl recipe)

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Oranguscare

Created by: kimbo123

Pronunciation: orange-you-scare

Sentence: Thousands of replicating fungi was oranguscare.

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-31: 00:40:00
Today we have a special "scary" definition just for Halloween. It was suggested by purpleartichokes, who not only sent in a photo of bathroom suffering from such an infestation (It is not hers!), but who also offered to model for today's comic. Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-31: 01:21:00
VERBOTOMY BLOG PARTY: November 1, 2007 is Verbotomy's first birthday! We are having a Blog Party to celebrate. Everybody is invited to the Verbotomy Blog to chat. All comments will be published as soon as you post them, so bring your favorite words and definitions and we'll chat. Go to http://www.verbotomy.com/blog. Talk to you then! ~ James

purpleartichokes - 2007-10-31: 04:57:00
James - thanks for hiding my cellulite! And that shower curtain... sure glad it's not MINE!

Jabberwocky - 2007-10-31: 13:55:00
busted Purple - those signature artichokes are a dead giveaway

purpleartichokes - 2007-10-31: 14:37:00
Oh well... found out. And they do clash with the orange slime. Guess I should decorate in Tangerines.

iluvenglish - 2007-11-01: 05:30:00
its EXCELLENT.... keep it up, galwaywegian...

lumina - 2008-09-30: 05:10:00
Great word! FUNNY sentence!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-02-26: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James