Verboticism: Darennial
DEFINITION: v. To try to kill a weed that just won't die. n. A weed that just keeps on coming back, no matter what you do to it.
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Defolihaternal
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: dee-fole-ee-HATE-err-null
Sentence: His lawn was a crop, so smooth and compliant- but marred by a dandelion so defiant! He doused it with poison and dug up the roots- tried stomping it out with his hobnail boots. His hatred it grew- and became quite diurnal- It doomed him to try to DEFOLIATERNAL. In dreams it would flourish, in truth it’s quite sad- That one odd little weed made a sane man go mad.
Etymology: DEFOLIate+HATe+etERNAL=DEFOLIHATERNAL.....DEFOLIATE:to deprive of leaves especially prematurely; Late Latin defoliatus, past participle of defoliare, from Latin de- + folium leaf[1791].....HATE: intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury, extreme dislike or antipathy; Middle English, from Old English hete; akin to Old High German haz hate, Greek kēdos care.....ETERNAL: perpetual, having infinite duration, everlasting; Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin aeternalis, from Latin aeternus eternal, from aevum age, eternity.
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COMMENTS:
DIURNAL: recurring every day; Middle English, from Latin diurnalis. - metrohumanx, 2009-04-20: 00:51:00
A fun rhyme with verbotomy whose ending might be said to be an earn-all! (ernal). - silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 09:59:00
LOL! You crack me up Metro!!! Great one! - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-20: 18:10:00
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Zombelion
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: zawm-buh-ly-on
Sentence: After going so far as to dig a small crater in his front yard to get rid of that hideous weed, Adam decided this was war. He rented a bazooka and blasted the sucker half way to China. But nevertheless, he woke up next morning to an entire yard of walking dead zombelions. Not even the exterminator could rid him of this curse...
Etymology: Zombie (living dead, never dies) + Dandelion (a common weed which never seems to go away either)
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COMMENTS:
Reminds me of "Day of The Triffids"- an old sci-fi movie about ambulatoty killer plants. - metrohumanx, 2009-04-20: 00:56:00
oh, very good. voodzu is another of this type. (voo doo + kudzu) - petaj, 2009-04-20: 05:25:00
Great word for weedy monsters that keep coming back from the dead! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 10:05:00
It's like Shaun of the Deadlylions! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:27:00
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Inweedstructable
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: in-weed-struck-tab-ul
Sentence: She didn't care if she using the most toxic weed killer around and that it was polluting the water or potentially harming the neighbourhood cats or dogs, as long as all the inweedstructables in her garden were dead, she was happy.
Etymology: indestructable + weed
Audreytwonacious
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: Aw-dree-twoo-nay-shuhs
Sentence: Lil Seymour cried out for her husband's help. They were coming after her, those audreytwonacious dandylions, elephant ears, tigerlilies, zebra grass and spider plants!
Etymology: Using AUDREY II, the man-eating plant of "Little Shop of Horrors" fame + TENACIOUS, meaning holding firmly, stubbornly. Sometimes also spelled AudreyIInacious
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - splendiction, 2009-04-20: 21:25:00
It's cute and Oddry,too! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:20:00
I love your etymology and word very nice:) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-22: 06:24:00
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Zombeanstalk
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: zämbēnstôk
Sentence: Zack planted some beans that he was told were magic. Little did he know how true that was. Once planted they could not be stopped. After harvesting a few nasty tasting beans he decided to plant tomatoes so he turned over the soil and put in a few nice plants. The next day he found the uprooted ”mater” plants plastered against the shed as if flung by some unseen hand and the zombeanstalk standing in their place. Thus began a summer of battle to reclaim the garden. Pesticides, herbicides, even hoes and machetes were no match for this evil thing. Every assault just seemed to make it stronger. The onset of Winter finally brought Zack the relief he sought. He is now desperately trying to sell his house so that he can be gone by the Spring thaw.
Etymology: zombie (a soulless corpse said to be revived by witchcraft) + beanstalk (the stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast growing and tall)
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COMMENTS:
love it! - galwaywegian, 2010-11-02: 16:06:00
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Kudzurrection
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kood-zoo-rek-shuhn
Sentence: It's Spring. It must be kudzurrection time. Kim spends all Summer trying to kill or, at least, curtail these pesky weeds only to have them sprout anew when April comes around. Aaaaaaahhhhhh!
Etymology: Kudzu (fast-growing Chinese and Japanese climbing vine) + resurrection (the act of rising from the dead)
Bilkweed
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: rhymes with milkweed
Sentence: Henry knew the weedwacker definitely wasn't the answer to their recurring weeds. He wondered which herbicide he would next try. Maybe he'd just dig out the whole garden and start again? Hmmm. Those bilkweeds!
Etymology: From BILK, to frustrate and MILKWEED. Bilkweeds cause constant frustration because they manage to resist removal.
Schwarzenneggplant
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sh wart zen egg plahnt
Sentence: no matter how many times you take the shears/fork/flamethrower to a schwarzenneggplant, you know it'll be back!
Etymology: schwarzennegger, eggplant
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COMMENTS:
I'll be bok choy. - mrskellyscl, 2009-04-20: 09:58:00
and I'll be brock... - splendiction, 2009-04-20: 21:30:00
(broccoli) - splendiction, 2009-04-20: 21:34:00
Hosta la vista, baby! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:11:00
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Boomeragweed
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: boo-ma-rag-weed
Sentence: Boomeragweeds had taken over the lawn despite every effort to eradiate them. The gardener had developed a very impressive physique from hacking at them with a hoe everytime they returned, but he had also contracted a strange cough from exposure to the cocktail of chemicals that had been sprayed in the preceding months.
Etymology: boomerang (keeps coming back when you throw one with practice) + ragweed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragweed )
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COMMENTS:
LOL. I quite like that I had a typo. Was supposed to be eradicate. But trying to nuke the weeks is another option. - petaj, 2009-04-20: 06:23:00
typos, weeks should be weeds - petaj, 2009-04-20: 06:23:00
Your booming great create strikes the right weedy chords here! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 17:39:00
Boomeragweed...they always come back! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:24:00
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Greenback
Created by: fabdiva
Pronunciation: gr-een-back
Sentence: As he opened yet another 'final demand for payment' letter, Patrick thought it ironic that greenbacks were taking possession of his front yard.
Etymology: Green - the colour between blue and yellow. Back - in return. Wordplay - slang for 'money'