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'I just can't relax in the shower'

DEFINITION: v. To take a really long, relaxing, shower; so long in fact, that you loose concept of time. n. A prolonged shower that uses up a whole tank of hot water and leaves the bather looking like a boiled raisin.

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Shour

Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: like "shower"

Sentence: Raoul spent many shours steaming and relaxing in the hot sudsy water of his shower. One day, after a particularly long shour, his skin appeared a fiery red, wrinkled, moist sun-dried tomato! After that day, he swore off the shour for a bathour.

Etymology: shour is a homophone for shower. "Shour" has the word "hour" in it to emphasize its long duration.

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Htwohno

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: aych + too + ooo + nooo

Sentence: Carsten was quickly looking puckered and dry. He did not realize how much time he was spending in the shower and puzzled over his water bills. Today was truly htwohno time as he went through an entire tank of hot water, missed three phone calls, was late for work and to top it off, when he got to work no one recognized him.

Etymology: H20 + oh no >> H2O (water, the most abundant molecule on the face of the earth) oh no (An exclamation or expression of alarm, concern, or resentment about a problem or error)

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terrific sentence - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-26: 10:32:00

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Catawrecked

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: kat a rekt

Sentence: The cataract left him catawrecked as he wobbled out of the bathroom, leaving a trail of flesh behind.

Etymology: cataract, wrecked

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gruesome but funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-26: 10:31:00

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Gablution

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: gab loo shun

Sentence: When Susie takes a shower, she uses her ear-phone and multi-tasks by showering and catching up with her friends and relatives. Her husband calls this ritual her gablution. He also calls it expensive to use her phone so much and use up all the hot water.

Etymology: gab (talk excessively, for a long time) & Ablution (ritual cleansing;daily personal hygiene routine)

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Scrublutions

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: skrub loo shuns

Sentence: When Dr. Who does his scrublutions, he does so in his shower cabinet that looks like a red British phone booth. He calls it his Tardishower. By the time he is finished washing every part of him and then some,over and over,he has crossed into another time and dimension. This is how he makes a clean getaway...

Etymology: Scrub (wash thoroughly;the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water) & Ablutions (ritual washing) TARDIS (acronym for Dr.Who's travel chamber...Time And Relative Dimensions in Space)

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Vegaturate

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: vedj_ATCH-uhr-ayt

Sentence: Though he didnt set out to fritter away his afternoon, Luther nevertheless did in fact vegaturate in the whirlpool bath until he was totally pruney and out of energy and ambition.

Etymology: Blend of 'vegetate' (To exist in a state of physical or mental inactivity or insensibility) and 'saturate'(to soak, impregnate, or imbue thoroughly or completely)

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Rainsin

Created by: feltcap

Pronunciation: rān'sĭn

Sentence: It had been a long day, working a 10 hour shift and coming home to find his cat had knocked all the plants out of the window - it was no wonder he lost track of time in the shower and made it a rainsin.

Etymology: similar to rain - condensed water falling in drops, sin - to violate a moral law (overindulgence leading to negative consequence), sounds like raisin - alluding to the pruning of the skin

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Damprune

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: damproōn

Sentence: Jeremy was told that a hot shower can give your skin a fresh healthy look. After overdoing it for nearly an hour his new look is more like a damprune.

Etymology: damp (slightly wet) + damn + prune (a plum preserved by drying, having a black, wrinkled appearance)

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Minuwet

Created by: tessawessa

Pronunciation: miin/you/wet

Sentence: The art of the long, slow dance taken in the shower prior to beginning the 8 hour ritual of work. The participant often can sunstain the dance movements until visable hyperhydration occurs on the finger tips. Post-minuet, the shower participant often will feel overwhelmingly lathered, something that requires thorough towel-use in order to return to the normal state of dry.

Etymology: From the French word, "minuet". A 17th century dance...

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like it! - galwaywegian, 2009-02-26: 14:30:00

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Sudstained

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: suhdz-steynd

Sentence: Jerry finds a sudstained shower to be very bathartic. He doesn't seem to understand why his wife gives his practice such a cold shoulder. It might have something to do with the fact that she rarely gets to take a hot shower.

Etymology: suds (froth) + sustained (endure without giving way or yielding)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-02-26: 00:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by splendiction. Thank you splendiction. ~ James

splendiction - 2009-02-26: 22:00:00
-you're welcome. This def. was dedicated to all those family members who deprive us of warm water!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-09-09: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by splendiction. Thank you splendiction. ~ James