Verboticism: Treeslug
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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Ofirun
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: oaf fir run
Sentence: Although they love the smell of a real tree and get one every Christmas, by the end of the holidays, George & Mary are ofirun with needles. It seems to take most of the next year to finally get them gone. That is about as long as it takes to get rid of all the unwanted relatives who delight in surprising them with unexpected visits!
Etymology: Overrun (infested with;invaded by) & Fir (a coniferous evergreen, popular as a Christmas Tree.
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
Pinfest
Created by: spickaspanner
Pronunciation: Pin-fest
Sentence: Quick we need to get rid of the christmas tree before we get a pinfest!
Etymology:
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)
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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Treeslug
Created by: mezebra
Pronunciation:
Sentence: We hate the morning after, the treeslugs are so prevalent. Bob hasn't been invited to our party in years, he is such a treeslug
Etymology:
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Efirafter
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ef ir af ter
Sentence: Once upon a time there was a prince and princess who made the mistake of getting a real tree on their first Christmas together. One of the things that keeps them together still is finding and vacuuming tree needles,all year long, happily efirafter.
Etymology: Everafter (from now on, to eternity) & Fir (any of various evergreen trees)
Holidazed
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: holly dazed
Sentence: Like a good shepard, we watered the flock on our tree. Yet, flocks of needles fell to the floor. Prickly pairs of party animals, all spruced up, rollicked fir hours, drooping into the pine droppings. They eventually decked the halls, wherever they fell, not even aroused by herds of belles. All (people and trees) were thoroughly holidazed.
Etymology: Holidays, Dazed
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COMMENTS:
Clever - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-18: 04:11:00
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Yulegibbons
Created by: jmotsch
Pronunciation: Yewl gibbins
Sentence: Janice had been fervently combating the yulegibbons since January.
Etymology:
Suckatreeotomy
Created by: jmichon1
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Doctor, do you think this Douglas Fir really needs a suckatreeotomy?
Etymology:
