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: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Relinterate: /re-lint-er-ate/ “Let me relinterate,” said Marcia, as she dropped the missed lint back in front of the vacuum cleaner for the third time. Etymology: reiterate: to say or do something repeatedly + lint: clingy piece of fiber or fuzz. Created by: mrskellyscl.
Comments on Relinterate:
Mustang, 2009-05-25: 21:02:00
Very good!
Worldcupsuccor: /wirld kup sokkor/ It was already a year away, but still the agencies vied to carry the games leading up to the big match. World Cup Soccer was like the world’s biggest vacuum match or in this case, worldcupsuccor…try your hardest, with all your great equipment and sponsorship, but your chances of winning were split out against each small nation who dared have a team who came back, again and again. Etymology: World Cup Soccer (The biggest sporting event on the planet, televised every four years.) & Succor (assistance in time of difficulty;help in a difficult situation)& Sucker (a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of; a machine with a big sucker on it, to remove debris)
Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Worldcupsuccor:
Mustang, 2009-05-25: 21:03:00
A new kind of fuzz….err….football.
Velcruzz: /Vell-Cruzz (soft u sound)/ 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. Created by: toy4769.
Comments on Velcruzz:
artr, 2009-05-26: 07:28:00
Not to be confused with velcrud which is even harder to get rid of. Nice word!
Unrelinting: /un – ree – lint – ing/ 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 Created by: mweinmann.
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