sockorphanage
/ˈsɒkˌɒrɡənɪdʒ/nounVerified NewAlso in: Sockenwaisenhaus (Deutsch) · calcetinato (Español) · chausorphelinat (Français)
The basket of unmatched socks, lovingly maintained, never adopted.
The sockorphanage holds twelve single socks at any time, each waiting for a partner who has emigrated. Every few months the basket is reviewed and matches are declared, wrongly. The institution never shrinks; it only changes residents, which is how the household knows the sockmultiverse is real.
Etym. — sock + orphanage — the care home for socks whose partners are missing.
Rel. — laundryfossil
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