bulbfleet
/ˈbʌlbˌfliːt/nounVerified NewAlso in: Lampenflotte (Deutsch) · bombillada (Español) · ampouarmada (Français)
The household reserve of assorted spare light bulbs, none of which fits the socket that just died.
The bulbfleet represents decades of prudent purchasing and zero matching. It contains bayonets for fittings discarded in 2011 and one dramatic Edison bulb with no home. When a socket dies, the fleet is deployed, inventoried, and returned intact to the cupboard, where it waits, rich and useless.
Etym. — bulb + fleet — the navy of spares that never engages the enemy.
Rel. — batterypurgatory · filteramnesia
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