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DEFINITION: v. To pick up a piece of lint from the floor that your vacuum missed, and then drop it in front of the vacuum again, to give the vacuum another chance to suck it up. n. A piece of lint that a vacuum will not pick up.
Verboticisms
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Hoovermanuever
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hoo ver man oov er
Sentence: It was a catatonic experience when Miranda did her hoovermaneuver and sucked up half the cat.
Etymology: Hoover (brand of vacuum) & Maneuver (an action aimed at evading an opponent)
Resucirt
Created by: Softbagel14
Pronunciation: Re-suh-sert is the proper way, however Re-suh-kert is also acceptable
Sentence: Behind her old vaccum was a stubborn 'resucirt', sitting in the exact spot she had just cleaned. -ed can be added to the end of the word to form 'Resucirted'. Mary 'resucirted' the lint that would not pick up the first time.
Etymology: Re- meaning 'again' -suc- from the word 'suck' -irt from the word 'dirt'
Vacuumulate
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (tr.v.)vāk'yōōm-yə-lāt'; (n.) vāk'yōōm-yə-lā'shən
Sentence: Due to the poor quality of her ancient Eureka, it has become necessary for mom to repeatedly vacuumulate extraneous bits of fluff left behind by her cats.
Etymology: vacuum + [accum]ulation
Suctioenable
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: Suck-shi-en-ay-bull
Sentence: The process of suctioenabling the vacuum as it missed toenail, after finger, after earlobe was not the most efficient method for Roger to dispose of his ex-wife's body, but it certainly was entertaining. He picked up several teeth and dropped them in front of the upright, grinning Cheshire as they rattled into the dust trap.
Etymology: suction + enable
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COMMENTS:
But did he have to stop and change the bag? Heh. - Jamagra, 2008-04-04: 08:18:00
Do you write horror films in your spare time? Great sentence but a little creepy. - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-04: 08:43:00
Haha, no I don't write much other than these verbotomy nanostories. I've been hitting the blood and guts a bit heavy as of late, haven't I? - Banky, 2008-04-04: 10:05:00
that's okay - your writing is great no matter the genre - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-04: 12:14:00
Yeah, Banky's mini-stories are good stuff. The sick, twisted and gory kind of good... - Tigger, 2008-04-04: 16:21:00
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Redysonized
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: ree-dye-son-ized
Sentence: Kelly Kitaen redysonized all the pesky fur that didn't want to get sucked up off her white carpet.
Etymology: To vacuum over again with your Dyson vacuum cleaner
Lintzilla
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: lintzilə
Sentence: Linda knew she was in trouble when she first saw it lurking beneath the sofa. It had apparently resisted previous attempts at extracation. She wasn't sure even her new cyclone vacuum was any match for this dust bunny from Hades, this Lintzilla. She was right. The best she could accomplish was to get the vacuum to choke on a small snippet. To vanquish this villian she had to resort to the ultimate weapon, The Hand!
Etymology: lint (Fuzzy fluff that accumulates on various fabrics) + Godzilla (huge prehistoric monster featured in a series of Japanese films)
Resuckitate
Created by: TimTheEnchanter
Pronunciation: v.: ree-SUK-i-tate n.: ree-SUK-i-tet
Sentence: Tommy kept picking up the little orange pieces and moving them, but no matter how many times he tried the vacuum wouldn't pick up all the resuckitate left on the carpet. By the time he realized the vacuum cleaner wasn't plugged in, the munchies had kicked back in big time so he went back to eating his Cheetos before trying to resuckitate the crumbs again.
Etymology: Re(again) + Suck + Resuscitate
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COMMENTS:
Nice! - purpleartichokes, 2008-04-04: 19:30:00
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Fluffshuffle
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: fluff-shuff-l
Sentence: Colette was a former dancer. She loved to put on 'The Hustle' while she vacuumed the floor, and jiggle around the lounge and breaking into a fluffshuffle when she found bits of obstilint.
Etymology: fluff (stuff to be vacuumed) + shuffle (moving backwards and forwards over a small distance)
Unrelinting
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: un - ree - lint - ing
Sentence: Despite numerous attempts to suck up the bright purple piece of lint, the fiber was unrelinting. Todd could just not explain it and became more determined than ever that it would be Hoover and not himself that would do the final pick up....
Etymology: unrelenting (persistent: never-ceasing), lint
Velcruzz
Created by: toy4769
Pronunciation: Vell-Cruzz (soft u sound)
Sentence: Regina tried and tried again to the get laundry room rug vacuumed clean, but the seemingly unrelentless velcuzz bits had her hand-pick it clean.
Etymology: Velcro - that amazing hook and latch technology that incorporates some extreme friction with some human engineering. + Fuzz - a synonym for lint that we find ourselves getting out of a dryer, of a chair, or even out of a belly button.
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COMMENTS:
Not to be confused with velcrud which is even harder to get rid of. Nice word! - artr, 2009-05-26: 07:28:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by doseydotes. Thank you doseydotes. ~ James
stache - 2008-04-04: 06:52:00
recapitulint
stache - 2008-04-04: 07:08:00
(oops. it's early here.)
Jamagra - 2008-04-04: 08:22:00
I think this one was an actual Sniglet back in the day... can't remember the word, though. :)
Hey Jamagra, I think that sniglet was "carpetuation", which very good because it does seem to take long time to vacuum up a cat. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by doseydotes. Thank you doseydotes. ~ James