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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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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.
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.'
Fluffstuff
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: fluff - stuff
Sentence: Josh was still scarred by the memory of Charlie and how he turned up missing the summer Josh was 7. After looking for his pet rabbit everywhere for 4 days and going through the anguish of knowing he might be "out there somewhere" to be eaten by coyotes; Josh learned that he had been turned into a pile of fluffstuff by his mom's dryer.
Etymology: Fluff + Stuff >> Fluff (Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers) Stuff (material: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object;Stuff is a course cloth, sometimes made with a linen warp and worsted weft)
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.
Etymology:
Enlintenment
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)
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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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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COMMENTS:
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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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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