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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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Vaccillate
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: vaks'/i/late
Sentence: Dylan Dyson, Danbarry Cinema employee, had a difficult time dealing with the dirt and debris on the theater's Dalton carpet. The lint in the lobby had latched on like a limpet to limestone. The threads in the theater had thoroughly thwarted him. In the vestibule the vexed vacuumer decided that hand-feeding the sweeper had lost all its charm, and somebody else could vaccillate all that lint. He assigned the task to a junior associate.
Etymology: vacuum + vacillate
Muffigan
Created by: ballandcue
Pronunciation: [muhFF-again]
Sentence: I had to turn up the setting on the vacuum because of a damn muffigan.
Etymology:
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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Rehoover
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: rēhoōvər
Sentence: Krissie believes in fair play. She gives everyone and everything a second and maybe a third chance. When her vacuum seemed to ignore a dust bunny, she attempted to rehoover it. She then picked up and stuck it directly in the extension hose. No effect. Finally she opened the dirt receptacle and dropped it in. She then praised Hoover because she is committed to positive-reinforcement training.
Etymology: re (once more; afresh; anew) + Hoover (vacuum brand)
Magnetalint
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: mag-NET-eh-lint
Sentence: Valerie loved her new carpeting but hated the way lint would often cling to the shag and defy even her most diligent efforts to vacuum it up and in a moment of angry frustration she labeld the offending fuzz balls as magnetalint for the way they seemed magnetically stuck to the carpet.
Etymology: Blend of magnet and lint
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)
Sonnovalint
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: son-of-a-lint
Sentence: No matter how many times I tried, I just couldn't get that sonnovalint off the carpet.
Etymology: son-of-a: a pest or annoying; lint - randoms found on the floor.
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
Malintgerer
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: mal/int/gur/ur
Sentence: A malintgerer is a stubborn piece of lint which pretends to be ill to prevent being vacuumed up.
Etymology: malingerer + lint
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COMMENTS:
Ha! - purpleartichokes, 2008-04-04: 19:33:00
Ha! Good word. - purpleartichokes, 2008-04-04: 20:08:00
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Malevolint
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: mal-ev-o-lant
Sentence: Jill and her super sucker are no match for the malevolint fiber clinging to the carpet. She tries sucking it, pulling it, and picking it. She finally decides it's easier to call the local store to change the carpet in the room.
Etymology: malevolent,(evil,harmful)/lint(fiber)
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COMMENTS:
nice - bookowl, 2008-04-04: 15:55:00
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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