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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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Flyinalfung
Created by: blackkittynili
Pronunciation: flyinalfung
Sentence: oh my good the flyinafung is coming towards me!!!!!!
Etymology: a word combined with flying inside and fungi
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"
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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Curtaint
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kərtānt
Sentence: Gloria used to feel clean when she bathed in the morning. This is not the case since she noticed the fungi growing on her shower curtaint.
Etymology: curtain (a piece of material suspended at the top to form a covering or screen, typically one of a pair at a window) + taint (contaminate or pollute)
Oranguscare
Created by: kimbo123
Pronunciation: orange-you-scare
Sentence: Thousands of replicating fungi was oranguscare.
Etymology:
Sporenamental
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: spore-na-men-tal
Sentence: Lucy was pleased when her mother-in-law complimented the lovely spornamental in her bathroom until she realized that the old bat was talking about the slime on the shower curtain.
Etymology: spore: one cell reproductive body produced by nonflowering plants and fungi + ornamental: a plant that serves as ornamentation
Downspore
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: down/spor
Sentence: Nothing like a refreshing downspore first thing in the morning to boost your immune system.
Etymology: downpour + spore
Fungifested
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: fun-gee-fes-ted
Sentence: Karen realized, to her horror, that her entire bathroom floor was fungifested.
Etymology: fungi(pl.fungus) fest (infested)
Comments:
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 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!
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James