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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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Needlebain
Created by: roger153
Pronunciation: needle / bain
Sentence: Every year we have to put up with this same needlebain all over the house.
Etymology: pine needle mess
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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Scornament
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: scorn a ment
Sentence: 1)I was constantly sweeping and vaccuuming the scornament around the tree before it punctured the kids' missiletoes. 2)Finally, after all the other guests had left, Johnson nodded off in mid sentence. We slipped off to bed, leaving him there amidst the holiday accoutrements, a snoring Christmas scornament.
Etymology: scorn + ornament
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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Pilemonkey
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: pahyl-muhng-kee
Sentence: Ouch! I stepped on another pilemonkey. I thought we got all of those pine needles out of the carpet. ... Dan became a pilemonkey after he got drunk at our New Years party, and slept it off wrapped in the carpet from our foyer.
Etymology: pile: as in carpte pile + Monkey: a person likened to such an animal, as a mischievous, agile child or a mimic. OR Monkey: a burdensome problem, situation, hindrance.
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COMMENTS:
will you need a pilemonkotomy to get the needle out? - tonii, 2007-12-17: 22:56:00
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Festilence
Created by: dochanne
Pronunciation: Fest-y-lence
Sentence: Joe was sick and tired of pulling pine needles out of his socks, tinsel from his jackets and various other christmas detritus from his clothes and furniture. The rug was hopeless, having been unceremoniously rolled up by an intoxicated friend who was himself a vexmastation (vexxing xmas infestation) and who had proceeded to topple the christmas tree and scatter needles, baubles, tinsel and lights asunder. 'Tis the season of festilence', he thought to himself as he vacuumed the rug again.
Etymology: Festive - of the season and the proliferation of easily dispersed and infesting decorations. The mood and wild abandon with which such infesting objects are dispersed and initially ignored. Pestilence - a nuisance or pest, such as the inevitable pine needles, tinsel, baubles, ribbon, cookie crumbs and scraps of wrapping paper that breed when you're not looking and bedeck the house after the christmas hiatus.
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COMMENTS:
love it - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:45:00
Brilliant. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-19: 04:16:00
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Infestivus
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: infestivus (just like it looks)
Sentence: Debbie and Art were planning a December wedding. To keep it from becoming completely infestivus, Debbie's mother suggested having it a week before Christmas so that out-of-town relatives might stay through Christmas and no longer. She was quite wrong. It turned into Infestivus Maximus with hordes of relatives hanging around until the New Year. Like pine needles stuck in the carpet, she could not get rid of them.
Etymology: infest (of insects or animals) be present (in a place or site) in large numbers, typically so as to cause damage or disease) + festive (cheerful and jovially celebratory) Derivative of Festivus Maximus (Baltimore Raven term for the Super Bowl)
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COMMENTS:
Pine needles are easier to deal with than relatives. They don't get insulted when you yell at them. - wayoffcenter, 2008-12-18: 10:07:00
clever - Seinfeld reference maybe? - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:46:00
I like the name...i think you got festivus part from Ravens 2000 Super Bowl Run and added in...you got my vote! - timlumber1, 2008-12-19: 21:50:00
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Needlepeedle
Created by: nicky
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Needlepeedle happens all over the house unless you give the Christmas tree a good shake before taking it out to the brush pile
Etymology: needle, pee
Pestyneedlers
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: pest-ee-nee-da-lers
Sentence: She noticed a few pestyneedlers over by the booze and headed off to prevent a prickly situation.
Etymology: pesty:annoying or well pestersome + needle:prickles
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 .