counterswamp
/ˈkaʊntəˌswɒmp/nounVerified NewAlso in: Arbeitssumpf (Deutsch) · charcomera (Español) · comptomarais (Français)
The permanent puddle pooling around the drying rack and the base of the tap.
The counterswamp is drained each morning and returns by noon, fed by dishes nobody trusts to the rack's drainage. Its shoreline moves with the weather and the washing up. A cloth is stationed at the border permanently, like a soldier at a river, and both know the swamp advances.
Etym. — counter + swamp — the wetland that maintains itself beside the sink.
Rel. — rackready
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