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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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Fungination

Created by: Kevcom

Pronunciation: fung-ee-neh-shon

Sentence: An intense swarm of fungination grew on the walls, shower curtain, and faucets of my bathroom because I did not clean it since - well, lets see here - about 4 years - I was in China!

Etymology: fungi + nation (culture)

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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

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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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Ewwwreeeka

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ewww reeek aahh

Sentence: the ewwreeeka moment in the shower usually occurs backwards; AAAh (standing under the shower), Reek (that strange smell you notice which makes you open your eyes), then the Ewww as you see the onward marching gunk!

Etymology: ewww , reek, eureka.

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COMMENTS:

No no ewwwreeeka - I smell like a field of wildflowers - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-31: 10:47:00

ewwwtiful! - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-31: 18:38:00

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Sporenamental

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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

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Fungifiny

Created by: svnfsvn

Pronunciation: fun gif iny

Sentence: fungifiny made me fall in the tub.

Etymology: fungi ephipiny

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Ojdidit

Created by: looseball

Pronunciation: o jay did it

Sentence: she had that scary ojdidit moment when she saw the tub.

Etymology:

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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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Sporangestation

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈspɔːɹəndʒˌɛsteɪʃən/

Sentence: I couldn't believe that something as bizarrely specific as sporangestation would have its own word.

Etymology: from spore + orange + infestation

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COMMENTS:

good plausible word - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-31: 13:51:00

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Orentigona

Created by: iluvenglish

Pronunciation: oh-ren-ti-go-na

Sentence: i got orentigoned the day after i won the football match.

Etymology: orange, gone, rent

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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