Verboticisms

Created by: alclsdkrak1

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: fy ber spays

Sentence: Fyberspace is that mysterious area where some socks go to unravel, while their mates disappear into the dryer vortex. All the effluvium of the dryer compresses itself into fyberspace and waits in the lint trap until it overflows and can jump out and run free on the laundry floor. It ultimately is the laundry lint limbo, the precursor of the washday blues and a reason to sneeze twenty times.

Etymology: Fiber (a material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth) & Space(the unlimited expanse in which everything is located;an area reserved for some particular purpose) & Play on Cyberspace(computer network)

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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)

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Created by: mordecai0123

Pronunciation: (lint-uff)

Sentence: "Honey, when you empty the dryer, please clean the lintuff out of the filter."

Etymology: Lintuff comes from the Greek word 'lytnuf' which simply means 'fabric droppings.'

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Created by: DnBrown

Pronunciation: En-lint-en-ment

Sentence: Everyone who went to the Eastside Laundry mat knew to avoid dryer 7. Anytime anyone would stick an article of clothing in dryer 7, they would soon find out it would never be the same. Sweaters, underwear, and kilts all maimed by this dryer's curse. It would plaster a fluffy fiber substance all over the clothes, like leeches on an amazon swimmer. It wasn't until Jerry, a regular to the Eastside Laundry mat, was frustraited at having to wait for a open dryer. All them were being used, except for dryer 7, and he was running out of patience. Fed up with looking at the dryer collect dust, or give it, he decided to explore the hated machine. After opening the door, he looked in and suddenly gained Enlintenment, he had finally realized what was causing this community headache. He reached in the into despised appliance and pulled out a small unknown mammal. After a few minutes of empty runs, he was able to throw his load into the machine and saved the community from further "furmoil"

Etymology: Mixture of Enlightenment (education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge) and Lint (Clinging bits of fiber and fluff; fuzz)

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: I-den-tee-fy-ber

Sentence: When Sue went to empty her tumble drier she found it was full of strange looking fluff, on trying to identifibre the cause she realised her young daughter had put in her old teddy bear and the stuffing had mixed with the lint from the clothes.

Etymology: Identify(establish the identity of) + Fibre(a thread from which textiles are formed) = Identifibre

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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

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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)

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Created by: SamusMan

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Sentence: "No, honey. You can still wear that shirt--it's just got some eniglint stuck to it is all."

Etymology: Enigma + Lint

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Created by: Negatrev

Pronunciation: Di-lin-tea-eh-shun

Sentence: Margret was becoming annoyed with constantly having to delintiate he husbands pockets.

Etymology: Delintiate(to remove dryer fluff from clothes)

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