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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.
Festilence
Top verboticism of the day 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.
Created by: dochanne.
Comments:
love it - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:45:00
Brilliant. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-19: 04:16:00
More Top Verboticisms:
(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Permaneedle: /purm-ah-need-ul/ 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) Created by: remistram.
Tannenbomb: /tah-nern-bom/ 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] Created by: rikboyee.
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
Holidazed: /holly dazed/ Like a good shepard, we watered the flock on our tree. Yet, flocks of needles fell to the floor. Prickly pairs of party animals, all spruced up, rollicked fir hours, drooping into the pine droppings. They eventually decked the halls, wherever they fell, not even aroused by herds of belles. All (people and trees) were thoroughly holidazed. Etymology: Holidays, Dazed Created by: silveryaspen.
Comments:
Clever - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-18: 04:11:00
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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 .