Verboticism: Pinedemic
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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Pinestilence
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pine/stil/ence
Sentence: The pinestilence invades our home every Christmas season and takes months to rid the house of this dreaded needle.
Etymology: pine + pestilence
Sugarplummat
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: shoog-a-plum-at
Sentence: Natalie vowed that this year there would be no sugarplummating at the office Christmas party. Despite the litres of eggnog she had consumed last year, the memory of the rum ball crumbs squashed into the carpet over her head, the sneering laugh of her colleagues and the realisation that she could not get any lower was still crystal clear in her mind.
Etymology: sugar plum fairy (Christmas visitor) + plummet (fall down) + mat (rug)
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:47:00
Hilarious word, Petaj! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-18: 17:33:00
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Tannenbums
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: tan - in - bumz
Sentence: After Christmas, Penelope and Marc noticed many tannenbums remained in their home... First there were all the needles that would not come out of the carpet and then there were several friends that did not want to leave.
Etymology: tannenbaum (christmas tree), bums (moochers: ask for and get free; be a parasites)
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COMMENTS:
I cannot believe this....I just looked at last week's words and saw that this one was used for another definition. I swear to god, I had not seen it until now (5:00 p.m.)!!! I did not play at all last week. - mweinmann, 2009-12-21: 18:05:00
Forgiven! :-) - artr, 2009-12-22: 06:34:00
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Infestivus
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: infestivus (just like it looks)
Sentence: Debbie and Art were planning a December wedding. To keep it from becoming completely infestivus, Debbie's mother suggested having it a week before Christmas so that out-of-town relatives might stay through Christmas and no longer. She was quite wrong. It turned into Infestivus Maximus with hordes of relatives hanging around until the New Year. Like pine needles stuck in the carpet, she could not get rid of them.
Etymology: infest (of insects or animals) be present (in a place or site) in large numbers, typically so as to cause damage or disease) + festive (cheerful and jovially celebratory) Derivative of Festivus Maximus (Baltimore Raven term for the Super Bowl)
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COMMENTS:
Pine needles are easier to deal with than relatives. They don't get insulted when you yell at them. - wayoffcenter, 2008-12-18: 10:07:00
clever - Seinfeld reference maybe? - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:46:00
I like the name...i think you got festivus part from Ravens 2000 Super Bowl Run and added in...you got my vote! - timlumber1, 2008-12-19: 21:50:00
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Tannenbomb
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: tah-nern-bom
Sentence: 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]
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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
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Pinfest
Created by: spickaspanner
Pronunciation: Pin-fest
Sentence: Quick we need to get rid of the christmas tree before we get a pinfest!
Etymology:
Scornament
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: scorn a ment
Sentence: 1)I was constantly sweeping and vaccuuming the scornament around the tree before it punctured the kids' missiletoes. 2)Finally, after all the other guests had left, Johnson nodded off in mid sentence. We slipped off to bed, leaving him there amidst the holiday accoutrements, a snoring Christmas scornament.
Etymology: scorn + ornament
Nevergreenuisance
Created by: Redrover
Pronunciation: never+gree+nuisance
Sentence: This was absolutely the last Christmas that Nancy and Jason were going to spend the entire month of December cleaning up after either their nevergreenuisance tree or Jason's bratty nephews.
Etymology: nevergreen = trees that are in the midst of their death throes while still on the tree lot. Nuisance = obnoxious relatives
Pinefestation
Created by: TTwoo
Pronunciation: pah-ain-fes-tay-shun
Sentence: Where's the vaccuum? We got a serious pinefestation in the living room.
Etymology: Pine (as in pine tree) and infestation (as in to be overrun with something in large quantities, usually with harmful effects.)
Pestaclaus
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: PEST-tuh-klawz
Sentence: When Bob hadn't left Christmas celebrations at the home of Roxie's parents by New Year's day, her family decided that it was time to look for ways to kinstirpate this perdurable pestaclaus.
Etymology: PESTACLAUS: blend of pest & Santa Claus. KINSTIRPATE: (kin & extirpate)-not my word: source??
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-17: 13:36:00
I'm a fan of Kinstirpate, but maybe it should be (kin + constipate), i.e. like when you can get the kin-folk to leave, your house is kinstirpated. - Tigger, 2007-12-17: 23:34:00
Ah, I meant "like when you _can't_ get the kin-folk to leave..." - Tigger, 2007-12-17: 23:36:00
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