Verboticism: Junkaments

'What do you think of the newest addition to our front lawn?'

DEFINITION: v. To express your love of nature by covering your lawn with statues, ornaments and other plastic figurines. n. A home which is infested with gnomes, elves, plastic animals, and other lawn ornaments.

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Junkaments

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Junk-a-ments

Sentence: Trailoretta just loved decorating her yard with all types of "junkaments" She would keep adding more and more plastic ornaments and figurines until, she barely had enough room to get to her mobile home doorsteps. Often the neighbors would peer out of their curtains...watching Trailoretta kneeling down to pet and talk to her gnomes and elf collection.(She apparently thought the the mushrooms, elves and gnomes had magical powers.)

Etymology: Junk:Rubbish,debris, crap (slang) trashy,clutter. Ornaments:Something that decorates or adorns; an embellishment (in this case an over embellishment of plastic junk.)

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Comments: Junkaments

silveryaspen - 2009-04-17: 10:41:00
Oh how well, your word describes some of these! Good blending!

Nosila - 2009-04-17: 21:25:00
Trailoretta is a Trailer Park Girl for sure...and some mushrooms do have magical powers!

abrakadeborah - 2009-04-20: 18:18:00
Thank you both very much I really enjoy each others comments and your sentences! :)