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DEFINITION: v. To try to kill a weed that just won't die. n. A weed that just keeps on coming back, no matter what you do to it.
Verboticisms
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Schwarzenneggplant
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sh wart zen egg plahnt
Sentence: no matter how many times you take the shears/fork/flamethrower to a schwarzenneggplant, you know it'll be back!
Etymology: schwarzennegger, eggplant
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COMMENTS:
I'll be bok choy. - mrskellyscl, 2009-04-20: 09:58:00
and I'll be brock... - splendiction, 2009-04-20: 21:30:00
(broccoli) - splendiction, 2009-04-20: 21:34:00
Hosta la vista, baby! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:11:00
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Inweedstructable
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: in-weed-struck-tab-ul
Sentence: She didn't care if she using the most toxic weed killer around and that it was polluting the water or potentially harming the neighbourhood cats or dogs, as long as all the inweedstructables in her garden were dead, she was happy.
Etymology: indestructable + weed
Permanettle
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: per-ma-net-tle
Sentence: (no offense to Dr. Suess & Fox in Socks) This is the story of Annette L. Snettle who loved to garden, but hated nettle: Have you ever heard of a permanettle battle? Well, when Annette L. battles nettles where the nettles like to settle and they settle in a kettle where Annette L. planted petals; they call this Annette L. Snettle permanettle settle metal kettle petal battle.
Etymology: permanent: forever, eternal + nettle (n): a nasty weed with stinging hairs that cause a skin reation + nettle(v): to vex or irritate
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COMMENTS:
Love it! - readerwriter, 2009-04-20: 09:31:00
Exceptional! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 10:01:00
We are nettle lone! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:17:00
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Clovercome
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: klo ver kum
Sentence: Daisy's attempts to unsuccessfully remove the clover from her lawn made her realize that she was now clovercome.
Etymology: Clover (3 leaved plant that is hard to get rid of) & Overcome (rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something)
Surrhounded
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: sir hound ed
Sentence: Giant Dandy Lions, roared with life, all around Poison Ivy, blocking her sun and drinking up all her water. nearly strangling her and every thing else! Her husband, O. D. Stickers, tried beating them back with his thorny limbs, and was everblasting them with Weed-Be-Gone. Alas and Alack, they just grew right back ... the li-on-and-ons remained kings of the jungle! Like hope springing eternally, Dandy Lions were springing back up ... infernally. O. D. Stickers and Poison Ivy would forever be surrhounded by Dandy Lions!
Etymology: SURROUND, HOUNDED. Surround - occupy the space all around. Hounded - pestered in a persistent, constant, ceaseless manner.
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COMMENTS:
Silvery realy good word! We're all FUNNY Poets very Entertaining! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-20: 18:13:00
It's like they are lion dancing, those Lion Kings! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:14:00
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Damndelion
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dam dee lie un
Sentence: There it was again that damndelion, purring amid her prize blooms
Etymology: dandelion, damn
Eradicaint
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ee-RAD-ehck-aynt
Sentence: Over the course of the growing season Gloria had tried all kinds of chemicals, digging, chopping, lawn mower, and with her latest effort of pouring charcoal starter fluid and lighting it, she was distressed to find that this too was one more eradicaint when she saw the plant flourishing a couple days later.
Etymology: Blend of 'eradicate' and 'ain't'
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COMMENTS:
must be a variety of naypalm - galwaywegian, 2009-04-20: 11:25:00
Clever blending! Great Word! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 17:35:00
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Deeterminate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dee ter min ayt
Sentence: When Stella realized that the dandelions were not so dandy and the crabgrass was very crabby,she decided to act. Because these weeds allowed pesky bugs to dwell, she decided to deeterminate their existance. Sure for the first few weeks,it was a Garden of Eden, but then all the weeds and bugs returned, like bad boomerangs.
Etymology: DEET (anagram for diethyl(meta)toluamidef, a bug/weed killer) & Terminate (to kill, end) and WordPlay on Determine (shape or influence)
Boomeragweed
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: boo-ma-rag-weed
Sentence: Boomeragweeds had taken over the lawn despite every effort to eradiate them. The gardener had developed a very impressive physique from hacking at them with a hoe everytime they returned, but he had also contracted a strange cough from exposure to the cocktail of chemicals that had been sprayed in the preceding months.
Etymology: boomerang (keeps coming back when you throw one with practice) + ragweed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragweed )
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COMMENTS:
LOL. I quite like that I had a typo. Was supposed to be eradicate. But trying to nuke the weeks is another option. - petaj, 2009-04-20: 06:23:00
typos, weeks should be weeds - petaj, 2009-04-20: 06:23:00
Your booming great create strikes the right weedy chords here! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 17:39:00
Boomeragweed...they always come back! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:24:00
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Eradicaint
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ee-RAD-ehck-aynt
Sentence: Over the course of the growing season Livonia had tried all kinds of chemicals, digging, chopping, lawn mower, and with her latest effort of pouring charcoal starter fluid and lighting it, she was distressed to find that this too was one more eradicaint when she saw the plant flourishing a couple days later.
Etymology: Blend of 'eradicate' (eliminate, dispose of, wipe out) and 'aint' (is not)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
abrakadeborah - 2009-04-20: 00:24:00
Silvery is BRILLIANT :)~ Love the cartoon also :)
splendiction - 2009-04-20: 21:35:00
Yes I wish I had more than two votes to cast today!
Thank you abrakadeborah and Silvery! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James