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: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Laundrasunder: /lawn-dra-sun-der/ 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 Created by: mrskellyscl.
Feeternaldarnation: /feet ternal darn ayshun/ It took Bobbie a while to realize a universal truth. When socks go into the dryer, we think they are just getting dried. The reality is they are getting tried. Crimes such as shrinking, holey toes and heels, fading or changing color and losing elasticity are punishable violations. Those guilty are sentenced to feeternal darnation…never to be seen again. Bobbie now knew that those missing hose were actually socks offenders. Etymology: Play on Eternal Damnation (the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell)…Feet (what the socks cover) & Darn (mending the holes in socks with wool/yarn; also a euphemism for damn)
Created by: Nosila.
Lintverse: /Lint-verse/ 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 Created by: paintergrl1313.
Pairadise: /parədīs/ Socks lead a rough life, forced to live much of their lives in dark smelly caves called shoes, being walked on constantly and generally not appreciated. Even their mending is a mild curse. (Darn!) Because of this Marney isn*t too concerned when one escapes to pairadise. She is convinced that the swirling of the dryer creates a tiny black hole at the center of the drum. It is so tiny that only one sock can squeeze through at a time thus leaving its mate behind. Marley has a ritual where she takes the widowed hose and places it in the dryer. She sets it to fluff and an unlimited time setting. Though she might need to dump the lint trap several times, the mismatched footwear eventually makes it across time/space barrier to rejoin its mate. Strangely enough, once she has reunited the couple, the first-departed may return for a visit via the black hole that resides under her bed. Etymology: pair (a set of two things used together or regarded as a unit) + paradise (heaven as the ultimate abode of the just) Created by: artr.
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