Verboticism: Litterature
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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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)
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Pigmentstyinthesky
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: PIG ment STY in the SKY
Sentence: My father was an avid bird watcher and an environmentalist. In spite of that he believed in science and technology and that they could make all our dreams come true; and we could have the best of everything that new discoveries and inventions could give us as well as preservation of the environment. As I look now up into the trees filled with garbage, far above a landscape decorated with the brightly coloured advertisement slogans of days gone by, they remind me of the vast array of bright coloured birds I once stood watching in awe. Now those bright colours make me think that my father’s pie in the sky dreams have become pigmentstyinthesky.
Etymology: PIE IN THE SKY + PIGMENT + PIGSTY: PIE IN THE SKY:a phrase that means a fanciful notion or ludicrous concept PIGMENT:Particles that are made of various natural and synthetic substances used to add color to solutions such as ink or paint PIGSTY: Slang A dirty or very untidy place
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COMMENTS:
Interesting simile! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-02: 10:11:00
nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-02: 18:22:00
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Garbingers
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: gahr-bihn-gherz
Sentence: Once it had warmed up, Grandpa Bill loved taking little Olive out for walks or drives. He could point out all the garbingers of Spring clothing the countryside: the Cokasis, the PigglyWigglias, the Walmarthias, the Safewaysias, and in more exclusive areas, the rare TraderJoenums and Rodeodrendums.
Etymology: GARB, meaning clothing + GARBAGE, meaning refuse + HARBINGER, meaning a precursor or herald
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COMMENTS:
Hysterical. - mrskellyscl, 2009-04-02: 06:14:00
I always admire the brilliant pink of the supre carriandras - petaj, 2009-04-02: 06:45:00
Exceptional flowairy prose! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-02: 10:02:00
good one rw - galwaywegian, 2009-04-02: 14:18:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-02: 18:21:00
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Polyleaves
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pälēlēvz
Sentence: The trees in our area go through two stages of color change. The first when Fall arrives and Mother Nature paints the landscape with golds, oranges and reds, the second when the leaves fall to the ground and the colorful polyleaves become more visible.
Etymology: poly (polyester) + leaves (foliage)
Mariahcarryall
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mar rye ah kerree awl
Sentence: Ben & Elizabeth knew that spring was just around the corner. Sure most of the snow had gone, the air was a bit warmer, robins were returning and gophers still hadn't learned to avoid the road. But the main reason they knew was because their trees were littered by mariahcarryall. Every color of plastic bag was hung like an ornament on most branches. Paper cups from every fast food outlet for miles around decorated the gutters, jammed themselves on the fence and added to the colorful springtime signal. When they spotted this each spring, the musical couple (they played in the wind section) would gale-ly sing their rites of spring song, with much gust-o: "Away out here they got a name for wind and rain and fire. The Rain is Mess, The fires Grow and they call the wind Mariahcarryall. Mariah blows the trash around, and sends the roll-up-the-rim cups a flyin', Mariah makes the trees abound, with poly messes of every kind!"
Etymology: Mariah (from "Paint Your Wagon", Lerner & Loewe...a song named" They call the wind Mariah" also recorded by the Kingston Trio) & Mariah Carey (popular singer, whose mother named her after the wind in the above song) & Carry (take away, be conveyed over a distance) & All (everything) & Carryall (something large that carries a lot of things)
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COMMENTS:
Nice construction...I thought you might be jealous of MC's tree-trunk thigs...until i read further. Good one, guardian of the nose! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-02: 02:04:00
Great song for this day/definition. I really liked your revised rendition. Windsome! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-02: 02:14:00
like the way your mind works woman! - galwaywegian, 2009-04-02: 03:37:00
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Jetsamstream
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: jetsəmstrēm
Sentence: Roy was amazed at the array of polytinsel that had been deposited overnight by the jetsamstream. He recognized the logos of some of his favorite shops and brands. It was almost like a birdwatching session as he tried to identify each colorful ornament. If only they could stay this fresh and colorful but time and exposure to sunlight would soon alter his almost-decorative trees and bushes to debritrees and trashrubs.
Etymology: jetsam (unwanted material or goods that have been thrown overboard from a ship and washed ashore) + jetstream (a narrow, variable band of very strong, predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth)
Arbbish
Created by: ChickenWhistle
Pronunciation: ARR-bish
Sentence: "Oh, look at that delightful arbbish fluttering whimsically in Trevor's apple tree!"
Etymology: 'arb'- from 'arbre', the French for tree. 'bish' from 'rubbish', meaning garbage or worthless.
Forestfliers
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: for - rest - fli - urs
Sentence: Remember to pick up your trash, especially plastic bags and paper....because only you can prevent forest fliers....
Etymology: Forest and Fliers
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COMMENTS:
Super Duper! Luv it! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-02: 17:23:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-02: 18:21:00
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Paraplasticproliferation
Created by: btotheeck
Pronunciation: pä rä′ plas′tik prō lif′ə rā shun
Sentence: Trees found in gusty, populated areas are often affected by paraplasticproliferation, when several colored growths appear on particularly windy days. These features are believed to be airborne parasites which attach themselves to bare branches. If left untreated, onlookers may experience eyesore.
Etymology: para- as from a parachute, plastic- the composition of these parasites, proliferation- to grow by multiplying new parts, as by budding, in quick succession
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COMMENTS:
Brilliant! You have my vote! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-03: 04:46:00
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Styroflowers
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: sti + roh + flah + wurs
Sentence: I wakened to the sights and sounds of Spring this morning, with the many colorful birds singing their April melodies. The dew was fresh on the lawn and there was a breeze bringing warm, sweet air with it. I next heard the rustle of the trashtrees with their little baggie buds waving on the ends of their branches; accompanied by large white styroflowers which had bloomed everywhere. Ahhh, this would truly be a sight to remember....styrospring at its best.
Etymology: Styrofoam (light resilient foam of polystyrene)and Flowers