Verboticism: Infirtration

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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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)
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.
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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)
Pernoydles
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: PURR-noy-dulls
Sentence: Barbara O'Reilly and Keith attempted to remove the PERNOYDLES which spread thru the house like invasive Zebra Mussels, crowding out the native dustballs. Each holiday season, the PERNOYDLES from down the street always stayed until the last dregs of mead were consumed, and the last tasteless limerick recited. During the evening, one guest got a severe attack of the PERNOYDLES and couldn't be located for hours. Last year, we had to drag them out of the sewers and send a few home by taxicab. PERNOYDLES - a must to avoid.
Etymology: PERsistent+anNOY+neeDLES=PERNOYDLES....PERSISTENT:existing for a long or longer than usual holiday time or continuously,retained beyond the usual jolly period,degraded only slowly by the environment;Latin persistent-, persistens, present participle of persistere.....ANNOY:to disturb or irritate especially by repeated pseudo-festive acts or remarks,Middle English anoien, from Anglo-French anuier, ennoier, from Late Latin inodiare to make loathsome, from Latin in + odium hatred .....NEEDLES: a needle-shaped leaf,a slender pointed object resembling a needle,to harass or mock cruelly, to intentionally irritate ;Middle English nedle, from Old English nǣdl; akin to Old High German nādala needle, nājan to sew, Latin nēre to spin, Greek nēn.
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COMMENTS:
Linguistically detailed and PERcise. A PERleasure to PERuse! - dochanne, 2008-12-18: 01:35:00
OH HO! Nice etymology. Pernod (liquor) and needles was what first came to mind. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-18: 02:48:00
Thank you. An absinthesis from the wee hours of the morning. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-12-18: 17:32:00
If you want to REALLY laugh, check out the toys at goblertoys.com: - metrohumanx, 2008-12-18: 17:59:00
http://goblertoys.com/ - metrohumanx, 2008-12-18: 18:00:00
Crowding out the native dustballs, how pernicious! PERfect! - Nosila, 2008-12-18: 20:38:00
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Conifirmentation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kon if fer men tay shun
Sentence: It started the moment the Christmas Tree and the In-laws had arrived at the same time, a week before Christmas. The conifirmentation process. Tree needles everywhere and verbal needles about the food, the decor, the drinks, the gift choices, etc. At least the fir needles knew when to depart the host branch, unlike the In-laws, who thought that all could benefit from their "suggestions" and constructive criticism. "Next Year", she said to her husband, "We buy the air tickets for them and make sure that they are only here for a few days, not the current one month long visit!" Houseguests, as they say, are like fish...after a few days they start to smell.
Etymology: Conifer (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones) & Fir (any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; often used for Christmas Trees) & Fermentation ( a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol;be in an agitated or excited state;go sour or spoil)
Pinefestation
Created by: TTwoo
Pronunciation: pah-ain-fes-tay-shun
Sentence: Where's the vaccuum? We got a serious pinefestation in the living room.
Etymology: Pine (as in pine tree) and infestation (as in to be overrun with something in large quantities, usually with harmful effects.)
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Festilence
Created by: dochanne
Pronunciation: Fest-y-lence
Sentence: Joe was sick and tired of pulling pine needles out of his socks, tinsel from his jackets and various other christmas detritus from his clothes and furniture. The rug was hopeless, having been unceremoniously rolled up by an intoxicated friend who was himself a vexmastation (vexxing xmas infestation) and who had proceeded to topple the christmas tree and scatter needles, baubles, tinsel and lights asunder. 'Tis the season of festilence', he thought to himself as he vacuumed the rug again.
Etymology: Festive - of the season and the proliferation of easily dispersed and infesting decorations. The mood and wild abandon with which such infesting objects are dispersed and initially ignored. Pestilence - a nuisance or pest, such as the inevitable pine needles, tinsel, baubles, ribbon, cookie crumbs and scraps of wrapping paper that breed when you're not looking and bedeck the house after the christmas hiatus.
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COMMENTS:
love it - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:45:00
Brilliant. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-19: 04:16:00
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Sugarplummat
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: shoog-a-plum-at
Sentence: Natalie vowed that this year there would be no sugarplummating at the office Christmas party. Despite the litres of eggnog she had consumed last year, the memory of the rum ball crumbs squashed into the carpet over her head, the sneering laugh of her colleagues and the realisation that she could not get any lower was still crystal clear in her mind.
Etymology: sugar plum fairy (Christmas visitor) + plummet (fall down) + mat (rug)
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:47:00
Hilarious word, Petaj! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-18: 17:33:00
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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: pine + pestilence
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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