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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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Audreytwonacious
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: Aw-dree-twoo-nay-shuhs
Sentence: Lil Seymour cried out for her husband's help. They were coming after her, those audreytwonacious dandylions, elephant ears, tigerlilies, zebra grass and spider plants!
Etymology: Using AUDREY II, the man-eating plant of "Little Shop of Horrors" fame + TENACIOUS, meaning holding firmly, stubbornly. Sometimes also spelled AudreyIInacious
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - splendiction, 2009-04-20: 21:25:00
It's cute and Oddry,too! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:20:00
I love your etymology and word very nice:) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-22: 06:24:00
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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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Vegemutation
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: vej eh mew ta shun
Sentence: Oh no, Genevieve screamed!! She felt that the nightmare had continued as she looked out the window and saw the vegemutation that had spawned overnight. The weeds and vegetation she had sprayed, dug out, pulled or otherwise attempted to eradicate had seemingly turned into larger, denser and more omininous revisions of themselves....
Etymology: vegetation (all the plant life in a particular region or period,the process of growth in plants)+ mutation ((change to adadpt to new conditions;a sudden variation (the offspring differing from its parents in some well-marked character or characters) as distinguished from a gradual variation in which the new characters become fully developed only in the course of many generations))
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COMMENTS:
Terrorific! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 10:02:00
It's like Revenge of the Trifids! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:15:00
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Kudzurrection
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kood-zoo-rek-shuhn
Sentence: It's Spring. It must be kudzurrection time. Kim spends all Summer trying to kill or, at least, curtail these pesky weeds only to have them sprout anew when April comes around. Aaaaaaahhhhhh!
Etymology: Kudzu (fast-growing Chinese and Japanese climbing vine) + resurrection (the act of rising from the dead)
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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Bilkweed
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: rhymes with milkweed
Sentence: Henry knew the weedwacker definitely wasn't the answer to their recurring weeds. He wondered which herbicide he would next try. Maybe he'd just dig out the whole garden and start again? Hmmm. Those bilkweeds!
Etymology: From BILK, to frustrate and MILKWEED. Bilkweeds cause constant frustration because they manage to resist removal.
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)
Unwhackable
Created by: mkaye
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After only a few months of neglect, my lawn is now filled with unwhackables.
Etymology: plant growth that is undeterred by a weed whacker
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
Damndelion
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: dam-de-lye-on
Sentence: Trevor spent the better part of the day treating the golf course for various weeks. All was going well until he reached the green at the 15th hole. He tried everything in his arsenal to kill the bright yellow flowers only to come back to find them standing as tall as ever. Finally, he decided to put on his gloves and yank the weed out by its roots. The joke was on him though - the next morning he found that the damndelion had fought back and brought an army of yellow crusaders to invade the green. Trevor looked upon the field of yellow and exclaimed "Damndelions!!".
Etymology: Damn + dandelion
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COMMENTS:
beauty! - galwaywegian, 2009-04-20: 11:26:00
Damn Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 17:40:00
YELLOW CRUSADERS! Great imagery. - metrohumanx, 2009-04-20: 20:16:00
If I said I din't like it, I'd be delion! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:12:00
Wish I'd thought of it! Great word! - artr, 2009-04-21: 05:06:00
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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