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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.
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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
Velcronies
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: vel-kroh-neez
Sentence: Jimmy thought it would be nice to throw a Christmas party for his buds. Now it's getting late and he has to work tomorrow but his velcronies just won't take a hint and go home. Even changing into his pajamas didn't do the trick.
Etymology: velcro (tradename for a hook & loop fastener) + cronies (a close friend or companion; chum)
Needlenettle
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: nee-dl-net-tl
Sentence: Marla and Jack used the DirtDevil to once again pick up the needlenettle under the tree. Despite using the latest in needle-retention technology, the tree insisted on dropping them. Jack finally had to agree it was time to dispose of the old artificial tree.
Etymology: needle (to annoy or pick on) + nettle (to aggravate or haunt)
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
Firiends
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: fir - ee - ends
Sentence: It had been a wonderful holiday season. Sidney was thinking back to the parties, gifts and good cheer, as he took down the tree. As usual, there were needles all over the carpet. They had begun to feel like old, familiar firiends, he thought. Many of the needles would remain woven in and under the rug for years, along with the holiday guests who had fallen and disappeared there as well.
Etymology: This word is a combination of several... Fir (Species of evergreen conifer) + Friends (people you know well and regard with affection and trust) + ends (needles are the "ends" of the tree, and the holiday season has ended.
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COMMENTS:
So a thick coat of needles onm the rug would be a fir coat? Great Word...as soon as I saw it I heard the theme from"Friends" in my head...and now I cannot get it to go away! - Nosila, 2008-12-18: 20:43:00
And the furry ends are what remains. - dochanne, 2008-12-18: 22:08:00
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Permaneedle
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: pur-muh-need-l
Sentence: She couldn't decide which was worse, the permaneedles that she found stuck in her slippers in June or the obnoxious neighbours that always overstayed their welcome.
Etymology: permanent + needle (as in coniferous tree needles) and (to heckle or tease)
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??
Treeslug
Created by: mezebra
Pronunciation:
Sentence: We hate the morning after, the treeslugs are so prevalent. Bob hasn't been invited to our party in years, he is such a treeslug
Etymology:
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)
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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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 .