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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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Fungiphobotamy

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Funjee-pho-bota-mee

Sentence: When Lucinda saw the creeping orange slime she had a severe attack of fungiphobotamy.

Etymology: Fungi + fear + response

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COMMENTS:

now thats a cool word - KenM2, 2007-11-01: 20:11:00

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Aslimilation

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: a-slime-ilation

Sentence: It was Borg-like; the way this fungus colonized Rachel's the shower curtain. "Eek", she screamed, "I'm being aslimilated!"

Etymology: amalgamation of the words "assimilation" and "slime"

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Naranjitude

Created by: tumblebehr

Pronunciation: na ran jeh tood

Sentence: the naranjitude made me slip in the shower.

Etymology:

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Epiphamuck

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: iˈpif-ə-muck

Sentence: Sally was going about her normal morning routine when she an epiphamuck moment. Perhaps it was the sip of coffee she gulped before she climbed into her shower or the boring line-up on TV the night before that precipitated a full night's sleep, she was actually awake this morning. She wondered why she would have bought an orange shower curtain that didn't go with the other accessories in the bathroom. It was only when she noticed that the orange didn't stop at the edge of the curtain that she had a major case of orange-slime heebie-jeebies.

Etymology: epiphany (a moment of sudden revelation or insight) + muck (dirt, rubbish, or waste matter)

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metrohumanx I remember the heebie-jeebies. Where did the nitty-gritty come from? That's what I want to know. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 17:07:00

Nice:in a grotesque way. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-30: 17:44:00

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Oranguscare

Created by: kimbo123

Pronunciation: orange-you-scare

Sentence: Thousands of replicating fungi was oranguscare.

Etymology:

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Petramold

Created by: KenM2

Pronunciation:

Sentence: As I stepped in the shower I was in a state of petramold.

Etymology: Petrified+mold

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Sporror

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: spor-rer

Sentence: Initially, Leigh thought it was peach shampoo, but when she reached down to further examine the orange stuff clinging to the shower curtain, she recoiled in sporror.

Etymology: spore, horror

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spooky - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-31: 10:49:00

petaj I once experienced sporror but it involved a Scot in a kilt - petaj, 2007-11-01: 04:08:00

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Contamildewnation

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: kuhn-ta-mil-doo-ney-shuhn

Sentence: She was weary about having friends stay overnight for fear they would want to use her shower the next day. The contamildewnation that had taken over her bathroom was that bad. Little colonies had formed and were beginning to have battles with each other in her tub. So far, orange was defeating pink.

Etymology: contamination + mildew (a nation of mould and mildew)

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Corangeabitate

Whittier

Created by: Whittier

Pronunciation: koh-run-JAB-it-tayt

Sentence: Suzie sat in the bath so long, the mold began to corangeabitate her body

Etymology: cohabitate + orange

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Disfungusting

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dis-fuhn-guh-sting

Sentence: When Sally moved in with her boyfriend she found that he never really cleaned his bathroom. The shower curtain was so disfungusting that she made him take it down and clean the tile with a power washer.

Etymology: disgust ( strong distaste; nausea; loathing) + fungus (mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi)

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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