spongeexile
/ˈspʌndʒˌɛɡzaɪl/nounVerified NewThe demotion of a kitchen sponge through successive duties — dishes, counters, floor, bin — before its eventual discard.
No sponge dies at its post; it is retired downward through a sequence everyone understands and nobody has written down. Spongeexile is the household's most humane institution, if also its most minor. The final posting to the bathroom sink is contested in some homes.
Etym. — sponge + exile — each station further from the throne; never executed, only banished.
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