Mnemonic for phases changes

[Hemorrage]

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Anyone have a reliable way of remembering all these random words like deposition, sublimation, etc? I keep forgetting what the word correlates to even though I know what the actual chemistry behind it is

 

[dudewheresmymd]

I just think of an example that's weird:

deposition (frosty the snowman deposited gases on my leaf that turned into frost) gas --> solid
sublimation (the dry ice was sublimely turning into vapor at the halloween party) solid --> gas

 

[circulus vitios]

I remember that dry ice sublimates by going from a solid block of carbon dioxide to a gaseous cloud of carbon dioxide, and that deposition is the opposite of that.

 

[mehc012]

Since freezing/melting and boiling/condensing are everyday examples and not likely to be forgotten, it's really only sublimation/deposition left.

'Deposition' deposits (leaves behind) a solid and sublimation does the opposite. Though now that I've heard the above suggestions, I will never shake the image of the Rapture (people being vaporized into the sublime) when thinking of sublimation!