Verboticism: Treedebris
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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Tannenbum
Created by: CaptainHuggyface
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Man, my cousin just won't leave...and it's already Dec. 30th. He's such a Tannenbum!
Etymology: Germ-an
Pilemonkey
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: pahyl-muhng-kee
Sentence: Ouch! I stepped on another pilemonkey. I thought we got all of those pine needles out of the carpet. ... Dan became a pilemonkey after he got drunk at our New Years party, and slept it off wrapped in the carpet from our foyer.
Etymology: pile: as in carpte pile + Monkey: a person likened to such an animal, as a mischievous, agile child or a mimic. OR Monkey: a burdensome problem, situation, hindrance.
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COMMENTS:
will you need a pilemonkotomy to get the needle out? - tonii, 2007-12-17: 22:56:00
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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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Needlebain
Created by: roger153
Pronunciation: needle / bain
Sentence: Every year we have to put up with this same needlebain all over the house.
Etymology: pine needle mess
Permaneedle
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: purm-ah-need-ul
Sentence: 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)
Drunklebob
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: drunk-el-bob
Sentence: Once again Kate and Lonnie's Christmas party guests were snickering and whispering about 'Drunklebob', Kate's uncle Bob, who had once again over imbibed on the spiked egg nog and was passed out under the Christmas tree.
Etymology: Blend of 'Drunk', 'Uncle' and 'Bob'
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COMMENTS:
Nice one! - artr, 2012-12-20: 10:03:00
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Treedebris
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Tree - de - bree
Sentence: Norman and Leona decided to have an artificial Christmas tree next year after seeing the extraordinary amout of treedebris this year's tree had shed.
Etymology: Tree + debris
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Drunkiferous
Created by: mrowka
Pronunciation: Drunk-If-Erus
Sentence: After guzzling down his holiday spirit, Douglas became drunkiferous. Later on we were able to skyline him into a cab.
Etymology: Drunk (intoxicated)+ Coniferous (type or tree)
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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Pinedemic
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: pine/dem/ic
Sentence: The onset of a brutally cold winter sent the thermostats soaring thereby causing extremely dry indoor conditions which ultimately led to a pinedemic of catastrophic proportions.
Etymology: pandemic + pine
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COMMENTS:
Lots of pinedemonium, no doubt. - Mustang, 2008-12-18: 15:28:00
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