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)
Obstilint: /ob-stuh-lint/ Bits of wool, small strands of thread and other pieces of tiny clothing fuzz on the carpet are just too obstilint for my Hoover vacuum to pick up on the first run so I have to manually assist their trip to the dirt bag. Etymology: obstinate + lint Created by: Stevenson0.
excellint! – Jabberwocky, 2008-04-04: 08:37:00
Nice word! – Banky, 2008-04-04: 10:02:00
Great word! – purpleartichokes, 2008-04-04: 20:09:00
Great word, StevO – OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-07: 05:03:00
Malevolint: /mal-ev-o-lant/ Jill and her super sucker are no match for the malevolint fiber clinging to the carpet. She tries sucking it, pulling it, and picking it. She finally decides it’s easier to call the local store to change the carpet in the room. Etymology: malevolent,(evil,harmful)/lint(fiber) Created by: toadstool57.
nice – bookowl, 2008-04-04: 15:55:00
Revacuee: /ree-vak-you-ee/ She would have been done vacuuming 10 minutes ago, but she got fuzztrated with a five-time revacuee. Etymology: re-vacuum, evacuee Created by: purpleartichokes.
excellent purple – I thought you’d go with another one of your wonderful verbots ‘carpettunnelsyndrome’ – Jabberwocky, 2008-04-04: 08:36:00
Wow, I don’t even remember making that word. Guess I have forgotomy. – purpleartichokes, 2008-04-04: 10:59:00
Great word. – OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-07: 05:04:00
Superfluffluent: /soo-per-fluff-floo-ent/ Desmond liked clean floors. He was constantly sweeping and vacuuming his apartment to an obsession. You would be hard pressed to find any dust bunnies under any furniture or his bed. That is, until his girlfriend recently moved in with her long-haired torti, Fluffhead. Now Fluffhead is a sociable cat who likes to rub up against you or jump up and nestle in your lap, leaving patches of fur that drives Desmond bonkers. Fluffy left a trail of her superfluffluent everywhere, which seemed not to be affected by the vacuum cleaner.
Any guesses as to how long this relationship will last? Etymology: super, from superfluous + fluff + effluent, as in waste Created by: arrrteest.
Great word! It’s fun to say…over and over. LOL – Mustang, 2008-04-04: 04:57:00
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James
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Comments:
Verbotomy – 2008-04-04: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by doseydotes. Thank you doseydotes. ~ James
stache – 2008-04-04: 06:52:00
recapitulint
stache – 2008-04-04: 07:08:00
(oops. it’s early here.)
Jamagra – 2008-04-04: 08:22:00
I think this one was an actual Sniglet back in the day… can’t remember the word, though. 🙂
Verbotomy – 2008-04-04: 11:06:00
Hey Jamagra, I think that sniglet was “carpetuation”, which very good because it does seem to take long time to vacuum up a cat. ~ James