Verboticism: Pinestilence

'Why are you vacuuming the Christmas tree?'

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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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: Pinestilence

Jabberwocky - 2008-12-18: 14:47:00
great word

Mustang - 2008-12-18: 15:31:00
The carpet no doubt looked like a pine cushion.

dochanne - 2008-12-18: 22:11:00
Pining to be needle/ss.