Verboticism: Plightbulbmoment
DEFINITION: n. The moment of awareness when you realize that have you made a huge mistake on a big project, and will have to start all over again, from the very beginning. v. To suddenly realize that you are going to fail.
Plightbulbmoment
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: plite-bulb-mo-mint
Sentence: Rising the next morning to find the ground covered in a thick white frost, Tom had a plightbulbmoment when he realized he'd have to replant his entire garden.
Etymology: lightbulb moment, plight
Points: 470
Comments: Plightbulbmoment
petaj - 2007-05-17: 06:04:00
If only Tom had stuck to planting freesias and daffodils. Those bulbs love a good cold spell. A frost won't blightbulbs.
toadstool57 - 2007-05-17: 06:40:00
I'd surley save the artichokes! Good one!
toadstool57 - 2007-05-17: 06:44:00
surely* (correct spelling)
purpleartichokes - 2007-05-17: 06:57:00
Great comment petaj! :-) I'd say that Tom is not the brightest bulb in the bed, but he's brilliant in every other way. He just needs to pay more attention to that whole "last frost date" thing. Toadstool - I didn't plant artichokes this year - I didn't get them started in time. However, it appears that I'm growing a healthy and abundant crop of whatever those cows ate. :-( I obviously lack "inshite". (Thanks for that word Galway!)
Jabberwocky - 2007-05-17: 09:12:00
wow Purple - it sounds like you live in an idyllic place with crops and plants and cows and interesting weather - kind of a hippie paradise with the internet - great word by the way
purpleartichokes - 2007-05-17: 11:08:00
Yeah, it's pretty nice. I don't have any cows though - not enough land, but chickens aren't out of the question!