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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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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: FLORASAKEN - from FLORA (plants) + FORSAKEN (deserted; abandoned; forlorn)
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COMMENTS:
Truly tragic Triffid, S.O. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-13: 02:37:00
A lonely little lily in an oninon patch? - Mustang, 2008-10-13: 08:47:00
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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
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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Croakus
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: krōkəs
Sentence: Jane has a black thumb when it comes to raising plants. Plants given to her are generally doomed to her attempts at kindness. No matter what kind of plant or flower she has it soon becomes a croakus.
Etymology: croak (die/kill) + crocus (a small, spring-flowering plant of the iris family, which grows from a corm and bears bright yellow, purple, or white flowers)
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COMMENTS:
deadly good word - Nosila, 2010-03-11: 00:22:00
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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
Vegicide
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: vej-uh-sahyd
Sentence: Why did my sister give me a cactus for Christmas? She knows I have two dogs that get into everything. I’ll have to commit vegicide and put it outside for the rest of the winter. Then if she asks I can tell her it died.
Etymology: Vegetation: Latin vegetātiōn; Plant life. + Homicide: Latin homicīdium; A killing.
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COMMENTS:
Just tell her it's cactus! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-14: 17:42:00
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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.
Surplantor
Created by: blackkittynili
Pronunciation: sur-plan-tor
Sentence: i left the surplantor outside so it dies.
Etymology: survivor-plant
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COMMENTS:
so cool - blackkittynili, 2007-11-14: 09:55:00
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Explantriate
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: ex-'plant-re-ate
Sentence: Unidentifiable dead stalks stood in haphazard rows, interrupted only by the occasional rotting heap of pumpkin or novelty plastic container. Each day Kimberly marched through this, her not garden, which was annually expanding westward and pushing her car closer and closer to the street. Kimberly's explantriation annoyed her neighbors, "it's an eyesore" complained Jared "and it's driving down the value of my house and it's driving me crazy!" Kimberly quipped: "the only real eyesore in this neighborhood is Jared's wife."
Etymology: plant (distinguished on the microscopic level by cell walls) + expatriate (to leave one's country)
Botanicull
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Bot-anee-cull
Sentence: Mary Gold's love of plants had got a bit out of hand just lately. Her husband came up with a plan to reduce the numbers, he decided it was time to botanicull them one by one. He started with the poinsettia that was bought for show last christmas, it had seen better days he thought to himself, so he took the pot down to the bottom of the garden and put it round the back of his shed, sure that his wife would not notice it had gone he left it out ready for the elements to do the rest.
Etymology: Botany(the study of plants) + Cull(to kill, reduce the numbers of) = Botanicull
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COMMENTS:
clever - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-13: 14:05:00
Maybe there is a botanineed for a botanicull afterall. - Nosila, 2008-10-13: 20:19:00
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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