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English
Etymology
From sponge + -worthy. Coined in "The Sponge", an episode of Seinfeld that first aired in December 1995, to indicate a man who is worth using one of a limited supply of contraceptive sponges on.
Pronunciation
Adjective
spongeworthy (comparative more spongeworthy, superlative most spongeworthy)
- (humorous) Highly sexually desirable.
1995 December 7, “The Sponge”, in Seinfeld:ELAINE: So, you think you're spongeworthy? BILLY: Yes, I think I'm spongeworthy. I think I'm very spongeworthy.
2002 December 15, “Readers trash skanky Barbie”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 30 June 2013, page Q8:The ultimate question: Is Ken "spongeworthy"?
2005, Donna Barstow, Love Me or Go To Hell, →ISBN, page 73:I don't know if he's spongeworthy yet, but I do heart him!
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