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DEFINITION: n. A pile of used and discarded tissues; may constitute a bio-hazard. v. To drop a used tissue on to the floor beside your bed or chair, because you are so sick you can barely move.
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Tissooze
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: tish/oze
Sentence: Winter! Oh damn winter!! Take me now with your freezing minus 27 celcius, sore throat, aching ears, massive sinus ache, chills!!! Warmth, where is the warmth?!!!! I give up!!!!! Heating pad, neck warmer, not even four blankets help!!!!!! Running nose, rolls of toilet paper resulting in a massive mountain of tissooze surrounding me, burying me, suffocating me, killing me!!!!!!! Take me now wretched winter!!!!!!!! I succumb to you bastard winter!!!!!!!!!
Etymology: tissue + ooze
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COMMENTS:
You've obviously had the flu recently - great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-10: 13:29:00
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Snoxic
Created by: earlnewton
Pronunciation: SNOCKS-ick
Sentence: Surrounded by three tissue boxes worth of his own fluids, Peter's room was becoming snoxic.
Etymology: derived from snot + toxic
Tocsickwaste
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: tok sik way ssst
Sentence: He drifted back into conciousness with the worrying news that the tocsickwaste beside the couch appeared to be moving. thoughts of a new mutant virus were quelled when he noticed the face of his pet chihuahua looking up throught the gunge filled kleenex.
Etymology: toxic waste, sick.
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COMMENTS:
poor chihuahua probably had a very glossy coat after that experience - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-10: 13:28:00
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Masturgration
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: MASS-TER-GRAY-SHUN
Sentence: Steve was so sick he couldn't believe the enormity of the masturgration that had occurred when he came to.
Etymology: Those dirty little tissues that seem pile up when you're feeling really sick.
Viralysis
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: vi-RAL-a-sis
Sentence: Although Kevin was in danger of asphyxiation by tissue, his viralysis was total and he could do nothing more than drop another tissue onto the sodden snotscape.
Etymology: viral + paralysis
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COMMENTS:
Brilliant...quite "snoty" analysis of the "paralysis" :) - kashman, 2008-03-10: 13:00:00
this word really grows on you - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-10: 16:57:00
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Phlegmbankment
Created by: twocent
Pronunciation: flem-bank-mint
Sentence: Judging from the phlegmbankment surrounding the couch, it was a safe bet that Nigel was out of commission for the day.
Etymology: Phlegmbankment -n. Compound of phlegm + embankment.
Kleenexsport
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kleen ex sport
Sentence: Lying in his sickbed, watching the Olympic Sports Channel all day, Ernie knew that he could win a gold medal for his country in the pathogen pentathlon: his nose runs, his eyes soar, his lip curls, his fever pitches and his body heats. He could do a slalom down the mountain of kleenexsport by the side of his bed. He would have to do a viral spiral to get to the bathroom before he had to luge again. Yes, his biohazard biathalon would end if he could only get some schuss time. His ailing body was truly an international competition: He put the "Germ" in Germany; the "chill" in Chile;the "I Ran" in Iran; the "Catarrh" in Qatar;and he had been feeling "Laos-y" all day!
Etymology: kleenex (a piece of soft absorbent paper usually two or more thin layers used as a disposable handkerchief) & export ( to transfer goods or to cause to spread) & sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
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COMMENTS:
His Doctor gave him vitamin C and said get it India. He also put the malaise in Malaysia and the 'ails' in Wales. - petaj, 2008-03-10: 10:03:00
great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-10: 13:27:00
Great read and word! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-10: 23:03:00
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Loogiellution
Created by: XMbIPb
Pronunciation: /lu-gi-lu-shen/
Sentence: Just dusted off my copy of Galen’s “Physiologia” to figure out the right body fluid to use for this challenge. You know, come up with something phlegmo-hemo-uro-bilious… but “phlegm” is already taken by another player. Then my gaze fell on the old Penguin Classics copy of Aristotle with his four elements… but nothing geo-hydro-pneumo-flammable came to mind. Oh well… I guess, “LOOGIELUTION” is the best I can offer at the moment. Too bad that by now I’m too drunk to use it in a coherent sentence… Sad.
Etymology: LOOGIE (n.) (fr. mod. Eng. slang) – snot, phlegm, sputum, booger, “lung cookie;” LUTION (n.; fr. Lat. lutum) – mud, filth (e.g. "pollution").
Moundomuceosis
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: mound - o - meeook - ee - o - sis
Sentence: Todd looked at the growing moundomuceosis next to his bed and could not make a move to pick it up. Since yesterday, he had only been able to lay there, cough, sniff, sleep, sneeze, blow and throw.
Etymology: a combination of the word mound, mucus and mononucleosis. Mound (pile: a collection of objects laid on top of each other ) Mononucleosis (A flu-like illness caused by the Epstein-Barr virus) + Mucus (a material produced by glands in the airways, nose, and sinuses. Mucus cleans and protects certain parts of the body such as the lungs) Mononuc
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COMMENTS:
Great word! Made me go "Ick and yuck." - Mustang, 2009-01-04: 06:07:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James