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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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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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Great! - TJayzz, 2009-02-18: 18:29:00

Funny - mweinmann, 2009-02-19: 08:29:00

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Furensics

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: furr ehn ziks

Sentence: His furensic examination of the siemens led him to believe that the bosch had led the detail but there had been a paws before final extermination.

Etymology: forensic fur

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COMMENTS:

puntastic - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-18: 13:19:00

like it! - mweinmann, 2009-02-19: 08:28:00

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Fuzzwuzzwhat

Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: FUZZ WUZZ WHAT

Sentence: "What the fuzz is this?" she said as she pulled the wad of fuzzwuzzwhat out of the dryer. "I have no idea," he replied."And who cares. What are you fussing about the fuzz for?" he asked. "Well, it's just that we haven't seen Fuzzy Wuzzy around in a few days and...well...ya know...never mind."

Etymology: FUZZ: WAS WHAT:

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Nice - TJayzz, 2009-02-18: 18:31:00

Time to call in The Fuzz! Cute word - Nosila, 2009-02-19: 00:22:00

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Fiberspace

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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Flaeces

Created by: simoneshin

Pronunciation: flea-seize

Sentence: I know there's beasts living in your dryer. But judging from the size of flaeces, it must be one big **

Etymology: fleece, faeces

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Drissection

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kuh-vey-shuhn

Sentence: Jane often forgets to check pockets before she does the laundry. She regularly finds little wads of paper that she calls laundry pearls. She has become quite expert at drissection of grocery lists and receipts.

Etymology: drier (a machine, appliance, or apparatus for removing moisture, as by forced ventilation or heat) + dissection (to cut apart something to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like)

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Scantymatter

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: skan tee matt urr

Sentence: Having examined the relationship between the increase in the substance and the increased flimsiness of her undergarments, she concluded that for the most part it was scantymatter

Etymology: antimatter, scanty

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Whirlpoolint

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: whurl-pool-lint

Sentence: Marjorie 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 and Lint.

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Archefluffogy

Created by: Toaster

Pronunciation: Ark e fluf o ge

Sentence: Sally was curious about what the fluff in the dryer might have once been, so she decided to engage in the enthralling activity of archefluffogy.

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Lintuff

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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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-02-18: 00:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by artr. Thank you artr. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-09-01: 00:11:00
Today's definition was suggested by artr. Thank you artr. ~ James

artipt - 2018-09-01: 11:49:00
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