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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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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)
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.
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
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)
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)
Identifibre
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
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
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:
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)
Rimlint
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: rihm-lihnt
Sentence: Mrs. Edith Estelle Austin won prizes every year for her orchids. She had shared with no one her secret: she was sure it was the rimlint she had the pleasure of gathering from her dryer. After each load, she would run the tips of her fingers over the soft links of metal in the screen at the edge of the dryer's round mouth. Next, she ran the fluff over the drippings of laundry detergent always left on top of the dryer, cleaning it in the process--oh, the joys of housekeeping!. Kept in a jar, over the course of a few months, the thoroughly moistened rimlint would ferment. When perfected, she would dilute the brew with water and add a teaspoon or so each time she watered her orchids. She also found rubbing it on her elbows helped her arthritis.
Etymology: Combination of RIM, the outer edge of something + LINT, fine bits of fiber or fluff; also a play on REMNANT, something left over
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COMMENTS:
Great story - funny, even if Edith is a bit twisted! - splendiction, 2009-02-18: 12:48:00
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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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