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    [Noun]  | "moth*ball" | \ ˈmȯth-ˌbȯl \


    1: a ball made formerly of camphor but now often of naphthalene and paradichlorobenzene and used to keep moths from clothing

    2: a condition of protective storage; also : a state of having been rejected for further use or dismissed from further consideration


    Origin: 1892 ;

    [Verb]  | "mothball" 


    1: to deactivate (something, such as a ship) and prevent deterioration chiefly by dehumidification

    2: to withdraw from use or service and keep in reserve : put aside


    Origin: 1926 ;

    [Verb]  | "mothballs" 


    1: to stop using (something) while keeping it to be possibly used in the future;


      * e.g., " ... Many navy ships were mothballed after the war. "





    [Verb]  | "mothball" 


    1: to stop using (something) while keeping it to be possibly used in the future;


      * e.g., " ... Many navy ships were mothballed after the war. "





     [ "mothballs" ]

    1: A girl who hangs around an ice hockey team, and goes from teammate to teammate, getting with anything with a stick and puck, and shes so dirty that she starts to smell like mothballs, and is hard to be around.

      * e.g.,  ... "Hey dude, you got with mothballs last night, hows my dick taste?" 

     [ "Mothball" ]

    1: To put into storage. Usually long term.

      * e.g.,  ... The car has been mothballed for the last 20 years. 

     [ "Mothballer" ]

    1: An older gentlemen that carries the scent derived from the combination of wrinkled, perspiring testicles and moth balls that seemingly accumulates in his underwear/depends.

      * e.g.,  ... This old due is a straight up Mothballer of geriatric proportions! I can smell his prunes 

     [ "Mothball" ]

    1: When you buy your girl a moth costume and make her wear it so you can tea bag her. After you finish, she eats all your clothes and flies away.

      * e.g.,  ... There are two types of people in this world. Butterflies and filthy mothball people. 

     [ "Mothballs" ]

    1: The big holes you get in the crotch of your briefs because they are so damn old but you still wear them anyways.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude I can see your mothballs. 

     [ "mothball shit" ]

    1: A term that trailer trash mothers use in conjunction with nappy-haired boys that wake them up after they've already passed out on the dumpster couch.

      * e.g.,  ... "MOTHBALL SHIT...you woke me up!" 

     [ "Mothballs Clothing" ]

    1: A girl who thinks she's cool but actually lives in Pasadena...

      * e.g.,  ... "This Club Element used to be cool until they started letting in too many Mothballs Clothing!" 

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