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DEFINITION: n., 1. A pine needle infestation, common during and after the holiday season. 2. Prickly Christmas guests who will not leave and cannot be cleaned up. v., To fall down during a holiday party and hide under a rug.
Verboticisms
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Pestaclaus
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: PEST-tuh-klawz
Sentence: When Bob hadn't left Christmas celebrations at the home of Roxie's parents by New Year's day, her family decided that it was time to look for ways to kinstirpate this perdurable pestaclaus.
Etymology: PESTACLAUS: blend of pest & Santa Claus. KINSTIRPATE: (kin & extirpate)-not my word: source??
Tannenbum
Created by: CaptainHuggyface
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Man, my cousin just won't leave...and it's already Dec. 30th. He's such a Tannenbum!
Etymology: Germ-an
Yulebesorry
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: yool bee sor ee
Sentence: The yulebesorry is one of the greater household pets, but at least it is only spotted during Late December and early January, unlike its' cousin the toldyaso
Etymology: yule, you'll be sorry
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COMMENTS:
berryberrysorry - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-17: 13:39:00
Very good! - tonii, 2007-12-17: 22:51:00
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Permaneedle
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: purm-ah-need-ul
Sentence: With all the permaneedles she discovered under the rug in July, she collected them and made miniature Christmas trees and kept them until next Christmas to give to her over-staying-their-welcome guests.
Etymology: permanent (everlasting, perpetual) + needle (from the pine or fir tree, and also to prod or tease)
Carpetjaggers
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: car-pet-jag-gers
Sentence: Carpetjaggers are resistant to vacuums, and may still be found in your carpet for several months after the tree has been removed, so caution is advised when running in bare feet; however, after several months, they break down and become part of the room's floora.
Etymology: wordplay on carpetbaggers: someone who moves into an area to take it over -- carpet: floor covering + jaggers: sharp or pointy projections
Treebris
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: tree-BREE
Sentence: Wilfred and Nancy scrapped plans for any natural Christmas trees in the future after seeing and having to clean up the extraordinary layer of treebris this year's tree had shed.
Etymology: Blend of tree and debris
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COMMENTS:
nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:48:00
Nice and succinct. Immediately understood. - dochanne, 2008-12-18: 21:55:00
Love it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-19: 04:15:00
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Pernoydles
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: PURR-noy-dulls
Sentence: Barbara O'Reilly and Keith attempted to remove the PERNOYDLES which spread thru the house like invasive Zebra Mussels, crowding out the native dustballs. Each holiday season, the PERNOYDLES from down the street always stayed until the last dregs of mead were consumed, and the last tasteless limerick recited. During the evening, one guest got a severe attack of the PERNOYDLES and couldn't be located for hours. Last year, we had to drag them out of the sewers and send a few home by taxicab. PERNOYDLES - a must to avoid.
Etymology: PERsistent+anNOY+neeDLES=PERNOYDLES....PERSISTENT:existing for a long or longer than usual holiday time or continuously,retained beyond the usual jolly period,degraded only slowly by the environment;Latin persistent-, persistens, present participle of persistere.....ANNOY:to disturb or irritate especially by repeated pseudo-festive acts or remarks,Middle English anoien, from Anglo-French anuier, ennoier, from Late Latin inodiare to make loathsome, from Latin in + odium hatred .....NEEDLES: a needle-shaped leaf,a slender pointed object resembling a needle,to harass or mock cruelly, to intentionally irritate ;Middle English nedle, from Old English nǣdl; akin to Old High German nādala needle, nājan to sew, Latin nēre to spin, Greek nēn.
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COMMENTS:
Linguistically detailed and PERcise. A PERleasure to PERuse! - dochanne, 2008-12-18: 01:35:00
OH HO! Nice etymology. Pernod (liquor) and needles was what first came to mind. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-18: 02:48:00
Thank you. An absinthesis from the wee hours of the morning. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-12-18: 17:32:00
If you want to REALLY laugh, check out the toys at goblertoys.com: - metrohumanx, 2008-12-18: 17:59:00
http://goblertoys.com/ - metrohumanx, 2008-12-18: 18:00:00
Crowding out the native dustballs, how pernicious! PERfect! - Nosila, 2008-12-18: 20:38:00
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Efirafter
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ef ir af ter
Sentence: Once upon a time there was a prince and princess who made the mistake of getting a real tree on their first Christmas together. One of the things that keeps them together still is finding and vacuuming tree needles,all year long, happily efirafter.
Etymology: Everafter (from now on, to eternity) & Fir (any of various evergreen trees)
Pinestilence
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pine/stil/ence
Sentence: The pinestilence invades our home every Christmas season and takes months to rid the house of this dreaded needle.
Etymology: PINESTILENCE - noun - from PINE + PESTILENCE (a plague, or a pernicious, evil influence, or agent)
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:47:00
The carpet no doubt looked like a pine cushion. - Mustang, 2008-12-18: 15:31:00
Pining to be needle/ss. - dochanne, 2008-12-18: 22:11:00
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Tannenbomb
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: tah-nern-bom
Sentence: it may have looked nice as they were decorating it, but this christmas tree was a tannenbomb waiting to go off
Etymology: bomb, tannenbaum[as in the song...o christmas tree...but the german version....i'm the only one who learnt the german version aren't i....fine...vote for pinedemic...see if i care]
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COMMENTS:
I used a 'Tannenbaum' word last week and it didn't win me any prizes either, but you got my vote! - MrDave2176, 2007-12-17: 08:50:00
clever - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-17: 13:38:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram Thank you remistram ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
dimatehtunov - 2018-12-21: 21:54:00
good ivning .