Verboticism: Sugarplummat
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
Carpettunnelsyndrome
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: car-pet-ton-nul-sin-drum
Sentence: Every December, my living room rug gets carpettunnelsyndrome from the tree needles. The rug rasps eventually get vacuumed up or compost by June.
Etymology: carpal tunnel syndrome, carpet, tunnel
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COMMENTS:
Superb! - Mustang, 2007-12-17: 06:09:00
ouch - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-17: 13:37:00
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Needlenettle
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: nee-dl-net-tl
Sentence: Marla and Jack used the DirtDevil to once again pick up the needlenettle under the tree. Despite using the latest in needle-retention technology, the tree insisted on dropping them. Jack finally had to agree it was time to dispose of the old artificial tree.
Etymology: needle (to annoy or pick on) + nettle (to aggravate or haunt)
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
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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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: PINESTILENCE - noun - from PINE + PESTILENCE (a plague, or a pernicious, evil influence, or agent)
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:47:00
The carpet no doubt looked like a pine cushion. - Mustang, 2008-12-18: 15:31:00
Pining to be needle/ss. - dochanne, 2008-12-18: 22:11:00
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Scrourge
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: scru/urj
Sentence: Bah humbug! Stepping on pine needles from Christmas past, present and future is the scrourge of Christmas.
Etymology: scrourge + scrooge
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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Porcupinetree
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pôrkyəpīntrē
Sentence: Why is it that the needles from the porcupinetree seem to actively burrow into the carpet like so many quill moles.
Etymology: porcupine (a large rodent with defensive spines or quills on the body and tail) pine tree (an evergreen coniferous tree that has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves)
