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DEFINITION: v., To put an unwanted houseplant, especially a seasonal or gift plant like a Poinsettia or Easter Lily, outdoors in hopes that it will die. n., An unwanted houseplant which has been left to nature.
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Hortikill
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: hawr-ti-kill
Sentence: After adopting the two cats, he had to hortikill all his poisonous houseplants for fear of harming his pets.
Etymology: horticulture + kill
Shrubicide
Created by: MithrilShadow
Pronunciation: ˈshrəb-ə-ˌsīd
Sentence: In the winter of 2006, millions of Americans abandoned their poor Poinsettias on their door step with out adequate food or shelter in hopes to kill them in mass numbers. It was the worst case of Shrubicide ever recorded.
Etymology: Shrub: a low usually several-stemmed woody plant. -cide: killer
Sacrilily
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sak ril lilee
Sentence: After his Mother's annual Easter visit and gift of an Easter Lily, Neil felt it was too painful a reminder of her unpleasant holiday with him. He therefore always made a sacrilily of the plant by placing it out on his frosty terrace.
Etymology: Sacrifice (endure the loss of;destroy or kill) & Lily (any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers)
Floracide
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: FLOR-eh-side
Sentence: In a seemingly heartless attempt to commit floracide on an unwanted hideous tropical houseplant she had gotten as a gift, Gracie left it outdoors on the patio during the harshest part of the winter.
Etymology: 'Flora' (Plants considered as a group) with the suffix 'cide' (from Latin meaning “killer,” “act of killing,” used in the formation of compound words)
Arborwinism
Created by: MissRabbit
Pronunciation: Arr-bore-win-ism
Sentence: A guilty arborwinist, Meg got so depressed watching her holiday flowers slowly shrivel away that she finally abandoned them to the elements.
Etymology: A mix of arbor (relating to trees/plants) and Darwinism (survival of the fittest)
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COMMENTS:
Shundashrub, also. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-13: 01:45:00
Wabbits are not kind to shwubs. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-13: 01:45:00
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Sacriherb
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: sa-cri-herb
Sentence: Those ugly easter lilies became Aunt Ida's latest sacriherb.
Etymology: sacrifice + herb (plant)
Dieffenbachiassassination
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dee-fuh n-bah-kee-uh-uh-sas-uh-neyt
Sentence: Debbie was never very good with house plants. She once killed a cactus that her mother-in-law gave her that had survived years of neglect. When her friend gave her a lovely house plant she planted it out front knowing full well that she was committing Dieffenbachiassassination. "It's better that it return to nature than in my kitchen and end up in a trash can" she was heard to say.
Etymology: Dieffenbachia(tropical flowering plants in the family Araceae noted for their patterned leaves) assassination (to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously)
Botanikiller
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bəˈtani kilər
Sentence: Doris was such a sweet person that her neighbors found it shocking to find out that she was a botanikiller. They thought she was trying to give her house plants a boost of sunshine when they were set out on the deck. When the first frost hit, they were concerned. When the first snow came, it was clear that her intent was homicidal.
Etymology: botanical (of or relating to plants) + killer (a person, animal, or thing that causes death)
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COMMENTS:
Botanikiller would make a great movie title. Nice, artr! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-13: 11:20:00
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Bloomingales
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: bloom/in/gales
Sentence: Chris carefully positioned all his Christmas plants in the shelter of the taller conifers hoping that Darwin's theory would prove correct and they might survive. It wasn't enough though to protect them from the blizzard and gale force winds and the little plants cried out to him "Why do you love us only at Christmas? We're not bred to bloomingales.
Etymology: bloom + gales + bloomingdales
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COMMENTS:
Bloomingales, a great place to chop...errr..shop - Mustang, 2008-10-13: 08:49:00
A plant is not just for christmas!! - TJayzz, 2008-10-13: 09:01:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird. Thank you yellowbird! ~ James'
purpleartichokes - 2007-11-14: 04:19:00
How ironic, I just did this yesterday with some cilantro that developed a wicked case of spider mites. Now I get to feel the guilt allll over again.
Jabberwocky - 2007-11-14: 15:22:00
I got a phone call from cilantro - he said "Save me purple - it's not too late"
purpleartichokes - 2007-11-14: 18:32:00
I hate you Jabber. Here come the nightmares... "I'm freeeeezing!"
The cilantro is just the tip of the iceberg! I heard that Purple iced her entire crop artichokes, which she was **trying** to grow hydroponically in her basement. That is until she saw her electricity bill quadruple. Just think of all those poor baby artichokes... It's sad, until you think -- Purple probably would have ate them anyways. ~ James
mplsbohemian - 2007-11-14: 23:08:00
Tip of the iceberg *lettuce*, you mean.
purpleartichokes - 2007-11-15: 06:54:00
Now I'm all choked up... guess I'll start eating more meat.
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird. Thank you yellowbird. ~ James
A friend suggested a very scary thought. She says that the verbotomists should get together and have a \"meet & greet\".
Sounds good. We could have a convention in Verbena, Alabama