The phrase
"slimy mess" means something that is wet, slippery, and unpleasant to touch or handle.
Full definition
I was at a friend's house for dinner and his mother put some dark green,
slimy mess on a plate and placed it on the table.
Did you know, for instance, that vinegar and liquid castile soap together make a
nasty slimy mess?
It is like cotton candy, a big fluffy confection that eventually dissolves into a
small slimy mess.
Consumers can be influenced by their experience enough to think all plastic phones are a slippery, glossy,
slimy mess even when they're not and the general perception is that Plastic phones are cheap.
That was not a big deal, but given this device is supposed to make composting accessible to all, I wonder whether an inexperienced composter might end up with an unpleasant,
slimy mess.
But it's inevitable that that soap will end up
a slimy mess as the water pools under the soap