Verboticism: Treebris

'Why are you vacuuming the Christmas tree?'

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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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

Points: 680

Comments: Treebris

Jabberwocky - 2008-12-18: 14:48:00
nice combo

dochanne - 2008-12-18: 21:55:00
Nice and succinct. Immediately understood.

OZZIEBOB - 2008-12-19: 04:15:00
Love it.