Verboticism: Boomeragweed
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.
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 )
Points: 2129
Comments: Boomeragweed
petaj - 2009-04-20: 06:23:00
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
silveryaspen - 2009-04-20: 17:39:00
Your booming great create strikes the right weedy chords here!
Nosila - 2009-04-20: 22:24:00
Boomeragweed...they always come back!