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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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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)
Fibreobjects
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: ˈfʌɪ:bə:ˈɒbd:ʒɪkts
Sentence: Sloppy Joe's belly button was a subject of endless examination. When it came to cleaning the filter of his washing machine, he knew exactly what to do, there goes the weekend, he was overcome with fibreobjects. Call my fluff, that's a word baby.
Etymology: Entangling of 1 -)Fibre: Being made of strands. 2 -)Objects: Is supposed to be opposed but is really something. When said altogether not very obviously a pun on "fiber optics" - the means by which a cyborg is able to see. Part of a device used to make an image by transmission of light.
Furz
Created by: feltcap
Pronunciation: fûrz
Sentence: As she pulled the crispy cat carcass out of the dryer she suddenly knew where all the furz in the lint trap had come from.
Etymology: fur - the thick coat of soft hair covering the skin of a mammal, fuzz - a mass or coating of fine, light fibers, hairs, or particles; down
Whirlpoolint
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: WURL-pool-lint
Sentence: Salome 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 including clothes dryers) and 'Lint' ( fuzz consisting especially of fine ravelings and short fibers of yarn and fabric)
Eniglint
Created by: SamusMan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "No, honey. You can still wear that shirt--it's just got some eniglint stuck to it is all."
Etymology: Enigma + Lint
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.
Linterbreeding
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: lin/tur/breed/ing
Sentence: The linterbreeding that goes on in our dryer is embarassingly lintcestuous.
Etymology: lint + interbreeding
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COMMENTS:
Great! - TJayzz, 2009-02-18: 18:29:00
Funny - mweinmann, 2009-02-19: 08:29:00
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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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