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DEFINITION: n., 1. The process by which pairs of socks are washed, dried, and then separated perhaps never to be reunited again. 2. The place where lost socks disappear to. v. To lose your mate in the wash.
Verboticisms
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Lintverse
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: Lint-verse
Sentence: My socks disappeared into the lintverse, and my boyfriend thought he found a way to get them back. I haven't seen him since.
Etymology: Lint: That stuff that always appears where your socks should be. Kind of a weird space time continuum thing. Verse: Universe
Sockawry
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Sock awry
Sentence: What nefarious business is this? cried Priscilla, clutching a single sock in her manicured fingers. That is the fifth sockawry this week!
Etymology: Sock (foot covering) & awry (gone missing) Similar to GONE AWRY
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COMMENTS:
Sockawry....didn't he escape from the gulag with one sock? - metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 12:09:00
Far far awry? - Mustang, 2008-11-06: 22:18:00
I like it - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-06: 22:58:00
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Interpenise
Created by: GossaMcqueen
Pronunciation: in-ter-penise
Sentence: "Would you please not interpenise your single-sock stealing proclivities while we are enjoying a sensitive sisterhood"; or, "Your interpenisation is here unwelcome, please confine yourself to the fashion media, who always wear paired socks".
Etymology: to insert a penis-like utterance, or concept, into a sophisticated gathering or washing machine, and then remove one sock from each pair
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COMMENTS:
i don't think i have the posting method sussed out \^_^/ - GossaMcqueen, 2013-01-16: 18:15:00
[Edit #2] until i find out how to delete this or to change the "Word" i can only offer this hybrid of the missing sock scenario, and my own word; - GossaMcqueen, 2013-01-16: 18:46:00
my Word is "interpenise", i shall be looking for a break; ty X - GossaMcqueen, 2013-01-16: 18:48:00
i don't like this, all this rethinking and editing and i end up looking stupid ;_; *kwies* - GossaMcqueen, 2013-01-16: 19:03:00
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Sockatory
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: sock-a-tour-ee
Sentence: Steven looked down at his mismatched feet knowing that now all his pairs of socks had a mate go on to sockatory some time after the rinse cycle, never to be found again. He wondered if it was all a conspiracy dreamed up by the fruit guys at Fruit of the Loom as he headed out to the store to buy more socks.
Etymology: purgatory + sock
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COMMENTS:
Love your conspiracy theory. - Tigger, 2008-01-10: 03:17:00
Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-10: 16:53:00
silveryaspen - 2008-01-11: 13:57:00 Reminds me of the old Laugh-In expression ... "sock it to me" ... which sockatory did for me! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-11: 14:02:00
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Soccuum
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sok-yoom
Sentence: Every time Jill does laundry at least one sock is mysteriously absorbed into the socuum behind the dryer.
Etymology: sock(a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle)+ vacuum (a space entirely devoid of matter)
Sockabyebaby
Created by: bananabender
Pronunciation: Rhymes with rock-a-bye-baby
Sentence: Each time one of his rare cartoon character socks went awol from his bulging sock drawer, (as socks are wont to do), my aging wannabe rock singer dad would lament its disappearance by singing his Sockabyebaby ballad for days on end.
Etymology: sock + rock-a-bye (lullaby) + baby (sweetheart as in a pop song)
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-09: 10:33:00
Luv the sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-10: 16:48:00
chuckling even more ... watch out for child and family protective services who might go after those sockabyebabies! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-11: 14:01:00
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Hosetage
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: hose/taj
Sentence: We have reports of several hosetage situations taking place in a new subdivision where LG washers have been installed. We now believe LG stands for last gasp and several socks have lost their mates to the dreaded spin cycle gang.
Etymology: hose + hostage
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COMMENTS:
Did the Bader-Meinhoff gang use dryers for their balaclavas, of just hang 'em on the line? - metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 12:11:00
It's time to round them up and wring the truth out of them...it will all come out in the wash! - Nosila, 2008-11-06: 21:56:00
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Laundrasunder
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: lawn-dra-sun-der
Sentence: He was her perfect match, her solemate; but the pair became laundrasunder by forces beyond their control. Although she tried desperately to keep their union from fraying it was obvious that their happiness was wearing thin. She tried to put a good spin cycle on it; however, one day the whole thing went down the drain and he disappeared with a cheap pair of nylons. "Darn it"! she cried, "I guess it all comes out in the wash."
Etymology: laundry: place to wash clothes + asunder: part with; separate in time or space
Sockabyss
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SOK-uh-biss
Sentence: Brenda was convinced that there was a sockabyss somewhere in the bowels of the laundromat because every time she did laundry for her husband Rob, one or more of his socks would come up missing.
Etymology: Blend of 'sock' (a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle) and 'abyss' (a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by sipsoccer. Thank you sipsoccer. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-01-11: 14:48:00
Your humorous definition brought us all a lot of laughs and a lot of fun words were created. Good one, sipsoccer.
silveryaspen - 2008-01-11: 14:54:00
James ... your cartoon for this daffynition has me roaring with laughter every time I look at it. Can't help wondering if you have a daughter with a boyfriend that inspired it ??? !!! It's a good thing there's no such thing as a cannibal dryer! Yet!
Today's definition was suggested by sipsoccer. Thank you sipsoccer. ~ James
GossaMcqueen - 2013-01-16: 19:14:00
please, i made a mistake and posted wrongly - how do i remove my Word?