Etymology

spongeworthy

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Today it means: Highly sexually desirable. Full definition →

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The story

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.

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