Verboticism: Polyvinylflora
DEFINITION: n. The colorful array of plastic bags and other debris which blossom on the trees, thanks winter's whistling winds -- and a few careless neighbors. v. To watch your garbage caress the landscape, as it blows in the wind.
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Litterbuds
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: lit-er-budz
Sentence: Spring is just about here. As people get outside for extended times they are greeted by the array of litterbuds festooning the trees. The local budwatchers club is out dutifully cataloging the varied species and genus. So far they've logged numerous grocery bags, a couple burger wrappers and a rare self-stick Christmas package bow.
Etymology: litter (objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish) + buds (a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage or rudimentary inflorescence) Play on litterbug
Litterature
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lit ter a chur
Sentence: The wayward plastic blooms clinging to the bare trees were a form of visual litterature for Kathy. She found the essay in messy,the use in refuse, the rash in trash and the bag in garbage. Waste not, want not became her battle cry. She would use the pen in aspen to describe her strew love...
Etymology: Litter (garbage,refuse) & Literature (creative writing of recognized artistic value;a picture painted with words)
Beulitter
Created by: Bughunt
Pronunciation: beau-lit-er
Sentence: That's some beulitter!
Etymology: BEaUtiful, LITTER
Litternity
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lit ter nit tee
Sentence: The runaway plastic bags caught in the Smith's now-bare maple tree were a display in multi-colors. More and more of them wedged in the branches each day. Once caught there, they never seemed to leave. The bright colors were on display for all litternity. Who knew when they were invented, that plastic bags would be used to decorate the landscape after they had carried home the groceries?
Etymology: Litter (rubbish;garbage;trash) & Eternity (time without end;a seemingly endless time interval)
Rubbletrouble
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: RUB-uhl-trub-uhl
Sentence: Once again after a very blustery March, Jim Bob and Daisy May were beset with rubbletrouble and would have to call in professionals to remove all the trash and debris that decorated the soon to be budding trees in their yard.
Etymology: Blend of 'rubble' (the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up) and 'trouble' (difficulty)
Artdecomposing
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: art/dee/calm/pose/ing
Sentence: There is a new avant-garbage exhibition in our neighbourhood called artdecomposing. Complementary face masks are being distributed.
Etymology: art deco + decomposing
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COMMENTS:
Appreciating the elegance of this one... - readerwriter, 2009-04-02: 06:26:00
Double witticisms with a French Fullair! Reek Chic! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-02: 09:51:00
Jabberwocky~ What a great mind you have :)"neighbourhood" - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-03: 04:40:00
The posting cut OFF!!! where I had also said, I am part French... - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-03: 04:42:00
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Poxobagletoids
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: POX-o-BAG-let-oidz
Sentence: Winter’s death gives pause to wonder… Ecocharlatans all blunder- Our packaging we shed with haste… Inflictions on the human race... Urban tumbleweeds compete- With styrofoam upon the street… Festooned with airborne hemorrhoids- Our trees clutch POXOBAGLETOIDS !! As snow turns black with car exhaust… Our calloused souls grow thick with frost.
Etymology: POX+O+BAGLET+OIDS=POXOBAGLETOIDS.....POX:a disastrous evil; alteration of pocks, plural of pock [1530].....O: pseudomodernistic contraction meaning "OF", used frequently in commercial monikers such as "tons O fun" etc..... BAGLET: a diminutive version of a "BAG",something resembling a bag, usu. flexible container that may be closed for holding, storing, or carrying something, often made of paper, plastic or cloth; Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi Date: 13th century.....-OID: resembling, having the form or appearance of, something resembling a (specified) object or having a (specified) quality ; Noun suffix similar to "hemorrhoids", a 21st century affiction which often replaces "gout" as the complaint of the well-to-do...Latin -oïdes, from Greek -oeidēs, from -o- + eidos appearance, form :) -
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COMMENTS:
Astute thoughts, verse, etymology, the whole verbotomy. Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-02: 02:11:00
I may be schizophrenic, but at least we have each other. We thank you. - metrohumanx, 2009-04-02: 02:15:00
Please don't confuse POXOBAGLETOIDS with poxobageltoids...a completely different animule. - metrohumanx, 2009-04-02: 02:33:00
Or the deposits on the streets of those poxobeagletoids... - readerwriter, 2009-04-02: 05:56:00
YOU are amazing! :) "Urban tumbleweeds compete- With styrofoam" - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-03: 05:23:00
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Carriondynamics
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: carry un dy nah mix
Sentence: When in the sky, we spy, planes, birds, or butterfly, we take delight, at the sight, of their aerodynamics. But we turn quite bitter, when we see litter, plastics and scrap, going all-a-flap, they're ugly carriondynamics.
Etymology: CARRY, CARRION, AERODYNAMICS. Carry - lift and transport. Carrion - anything that is decaying and discarded. Aerodynamics - the forces involved when objects move through the air.
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COMMENTS:
Very strong and very complex word silveryaspen! Well said! - Biscotti, 2009-04-02: 01:55:00
VERRRRRY clever! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-02: 02:08:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-02: 18:25:00
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Superstitionalism
Created by: harleyquinade
Pronunciation:
Sentence: the of superstitions, the method, the patterns, the workings, their soul laid bare.
Etymology: