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DEFINITION: v. To express your love of nature by covering your lawn with statues, ornaments and other plastic figurines. n. A home which is infested with gnomes, elves, plastic animals, and other lawn ornaments.
Verboticisms
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Lawnbegone
Created by: memyselfandbo
Pronunciation: lawn-bee-gawn
Sentence: Do you see way too much green when you look out your window? Do your eyes water when you see blades of grass moving in the wind? Then pick up some LAWNBEGONE today! Just one spray of this magical potion will cause a slew ceramic gnomes, plastic flamingos, holiday decorations, flashing lights, and random political signs to pop up all over your lawn! No longer will you be subject to the horridly soft and sweet-smelling green stuff that pops up in your yard. LAWNBEGONE will make your wildest dreams come true. Pick up a bottle (or ten) today!
Etymology: Lawn: greenery that grows in your yard. Be: to exist. Gone: not here.
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COMMENTS:
REally good word! Your advertisement is very appealing, too! "Do your eyes water when you see blades of grass..."!!! ;) - splendiction, 2009-04-17: 19:05:00
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Gnomemansland
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: NO-manz-land
Sentence: Lucy thought it was cute to decorate her yard with little plastic statues of Snow White and her dwarf buddies but her neighbors snickered behind her back and had labeled her yard gnomemansland.
Etymology: Blend of 'Gnome', (One of a fabled race of dwarflike creatures) 'man' (human), and land, play on the phrase 'no mans land'
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COMMENTS:
Hmmmmm - Mustang, 2013-08-15: 06:42:00
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Gnomemansland
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: NO-manz-land
Sentence: Lucy thought it was cute to decorate her yard with little plastic statues of Snow White and her dwarf buddies but her neighbors snickered behind her back and had labeled her yard gnomemansland.
Etymology: Blend of 'Gnome', (One of a fabled race of dwarflike creatures) 'man' (human), and land, play on the phrase 'no mans land'
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COMMENTS:
Hmmmmm - Mustang, 2013-08-15: 06:42:00
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Kitschen
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: k itch in
Sentence: The food in her kitschen was great, it was the little plaques all over the place with heart warming phrases that were hard to stomach.
Etymology: kitchen, kitsch
Tackyahtized
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Tak-e-ah-tized
Sentence: Wilhelmina Walmartia tackyahtized her lawn with figurines of Gnomes,Pixies,Dolls and Faries. She had collected so many figurines that there wasn't any grass in her yard anymore. The neighbors would often hear Wilhelmina talking to the figurines as if they were her own children. They thought it a bit strange when she was found sleeping under a mushroom cuddled up to a Gnome.
Etymology: Tacky: Lacking style or good taste; tawdry. ahtized: To go into a hypnotic state of mind to be tacky.
Dwarficulture
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: dw-orf-kulcha
Sentence: Minnie by name, mini by nature, she loved trolling through the flea markets looking for tyre swans, ceramic animals and her favourite concrete gnomes to add to the dwarficulture in her back yard.
Etymology: dwarf + horticulture
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COMMENTS:
Clever start to your great sentence and for your great verbotomy! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-17: 10:31:00
Excellent word! Dwarficulture captures well the selection of "dwarf" and disney gnomes out there! - splendiction, 2009-04-17: 19:02:00
Great gnomenclature - Mustang, 2009-04-17: 21:18:00
Gnomaste...great word! - Nosila, 2009-04-17: 21:26:00
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Gaudygnhome
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: gau dy gnome
Sentence: Their garden was slowly receding as it faced increased competition with the statuaries, gnomes, bird baths, and plastic pinwheels. In fact, many nearby residents began worrying their realestate was being devalued by the whole gaudygnhome and its dreadfully garish collections of lawn and garden accessories. The owner’s oldest, most favoured, gnomes had even begun to desintigrate into fragments of faintly painted terracotta.
Etymology: From GAUDY, GARDEN, GNOME and HOME. It means a home that is gaudy, or garish, due to its plethora of garden gnomes and such.
Shamitten
Created by: fabdiva
Pronunciation: shar-mit-ten
Sentence: Leslie was aghast when she pulled up in front of her friends' house. 'I knew Sarah had a gnome fetish, but this is total addiction! She's completely shamitten'.
Etymology: Sham - bogus or false Smitten - strongly attracted to someone or something.
Tchotchkepidemic
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: chawtch-key-epp-ih-dem-ick
Sentence: The toys that comprised the tchotchkepidemic on her lawn were defaced by the neighbourhood kids. To her horror they drew anatomically correct body parts on the gnomes and smurfs with black Sharpies.
Etymology: tchotchke (as in trinket or ornament) + epidemic (as in a rapid spread or increase in the occurrence of something)
Gnomemansland
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: NO-manz-land
Sentence: Barb thought it was cute to decorate her yard with little plastic statues of Snow White and her dwarf buddies but her neighbors snickered behind her back and had labeled her yard gnomemansland.
Etymology: Blend of Gnome, man, and land, play on the phrase 'no mans land'.
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COMMENTS:
great....like it!! - mweinmann, 2009-04-17: 09:10:00
It doesn't get gnome better! Super Duper! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-17: 10:36:00
Yes this is a great word! - splendiction, 2009-04-17: 16:07:00
There's no place like gnome! - Nosila, 2009-04-17: 21:23:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by readerwriter. Thank you readerwriter. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by readerwriter. Thank you readerwriter. ~ James