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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.
Verboticisms
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Reefugeed
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I slid over to the Macanilly's house and rescued there reefugeed plant they put in the trash can. They must be loosing there sight.
Etymology:
Florasaken
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: flora/say/ken
Sentence: Lily was alone and florasaken but at least she had a nice door to look at.
Etymology: flora + forsaken
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COMMENTS:
Perfect! - yellowbird, 2007-11-14: 10:28:00
A "lily of lagoona" would fix her up! Aussie slang for schooner, which is a tall beer glass or glass of beer. Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-14: 17:24:00
Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-14: 18:27:00
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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
Chloroexpose
Created by: leechdude
Pronunciation: kloro-ex-pose
Sentence: Joe's diabolical plan to chloroexpose the easter lily had not been accomplished when a careless boy stepped on the houseplant.
Etymology: chlorophyll, expose
Killant
Created by: yaelash
Pronunciation: ki-llant
Sentence: every time she got flowers or anything green, she couldn't hold on to it for more than a couple of days. soon she would take it outside, killanting it as usual.
Etymology: kill + plant
Herbieuthanasia
Created by: worldkitsch
Pronunciation: erbe-u-than-asia
Sentence: By the time it was April and that stupid poinsetta hadn't died, I was forced to committ herbieuthanasia.
Etymology:
Botanicice
Created by: LotusB
Pronunciation: Boat-an-ic-ice
Sentence: That ugly plant has got to go - botanicice that thing and let's be done with it!
Etymology: Botanic (plants) + Ice (slang; murder, also play on cold weather) = Botanicice
Planthateshun
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: plant/hate/shun
Sentence: It was that time of year again. The tree was out in front of the house waiting for the garbage truck to take it to the "big forest in the sky." The trash bin was overflowing with Christmas wrappings and turkey bones. And up at the front door was the annual line of abandoned Poinsettas. Yes, they had "served their purpose" and now were nothing but planthateshuns. It's a sad life...
Etymology: plant + hate + shun
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COMMENTS:
So sad... - Nosila, 2008-10-13: 20:16:00
Maybe we should start a floraphange for them?? - Nosila, 2008-10-13: 20:17:00
I know...it's a short and sad life. Floraphanage? Great idea! I'd surely adopt! :) - lumina, 2008-10-13: 22:22:00
Hilarious, with a smattering of sad truth.....Oh, floraphanage- i just got it. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-10-14: 03:14:00
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Deathpod
Created by: sipsoccer
Pronunciation: (death-pod)
Sentence: That plant looked like a deathpod when it was put outside.
Etymology: Death: When something, or someone dies. Pod: A part of a plant containing seeds.
Recyclobotany
Created by: solocard
Pronunciation: re·cy·clo·bot·a·ny
Sentence: Being the ever keen recyclobotanist, Jane left her Dracaena marginata tree, that her ex-boyfriend bought as an "I'm sorry, I cheated on you" present outside in the cold, not only in hopes that it would die but to give passing pedestrians an interesting sight in an otherwise dreary day.
Etymology: First coined by a leading Botanist, and Environmental Rights activist back in the late 1990s.
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