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DEFINITION: v., To put an unwanted houseplant, especially a seasonal or gift plant like a Poinsettia or Easter Lily, outdoors in hopes that it will die. n., An unwanted houseplant which has been left to nature.
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Herbieuthanasia
Created by: worldkitsch
Pronunciation: erbe-u-than-asia
Sentence: By the time it was April and that stupid poinsetta hadn't died, I was forced to committ herbieuthanasia.
Etymology:
Ostraponicaw
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: oss-trip-ONIC-awww
Sentence: Herb really loved Lilly, but he only tolerated her infatuation with plants. Lilly had a necrarium in the living room in which nothing greater than fungi would grow. In the kitchen, spiderplants threatened Herb's every move. Forest litter and detritus was accumulating under the end tables. Herb, not being especially gifted at conflict resolution, decided to convert one houseplant each night into an OSTRAPONICAW. He gave secret thanks to the Frost Giants who visited the doorstep and turned each rare succulent into a slimy mass of burst cells which no plant food spike could ever hope to revive. Poor Lilly. AWWWWWWWWWWW
Etymology: OSTRAcise+hydroPONIC+AWWWW= OSTRAPONICAW .....OSTRACISE:a method of temporary banishment without trial or special accusation ; exclusion by general consent from common privileges or social acceptance.....HYDROPONICS:the growing, however unsucessfully, of plants in nutrient solutions without an inert medium (as soil) to provide mechanical support.....AWWW: 21st century exclamation intended to express dismay or mock sympathy, often uttered at the demise of an unloved decorative companion.
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COMMENTS:
The BEST source for planty stuff:
http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/ - metrohumanx, 2008-10-13: 01:38:00
OSTRAPONICS: The Not growing of plants on any viable medium. Plants which thrive on abuse are particularly suited to this merhod of floracide. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-13: 01:42:00
how cruel - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-13: 14:08:00
Now that i look at OSTRAPONICAW, it sounds like an endangered sub-tropical bird. Oh well- there are no provisions for "taking back" a word, i guess. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-14: 02:51:00
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Shrubicide
Created by: MithrilShadow
Pronunciation: ˈshrəb-ə-ˌsīd
Sentence: In the winter of 2006, millions of Americans abandoned their poor Poinsettias on their door step with out adequate food or shelter in hopes to kill them in mass numbers. It was the worst case of Shrubicide ever recorded.
Etymology: Shrub: a low usually several-stemmed woody plant. -cide: killer
Florassicpark
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: flor assik park
Sentence: When Heidi put her Easter Lily outside, poor Lily knew it was a signal. She would be out in Florassic Park with all the other neglected and forgotten seasonal plants...the sad pointsettia, the withered hyacinths, tulips and daffodils and of course the poor shamrock who had served for St.Paddy'Day. It wans't just Florassic Park, it was Plantsylvania to the lovely former show plants. But soon theDay of the Triffids would return...Revenge of the Pot People.
Etymology: Flora (plants) & Jurassic (geol.era when plants started) & Jurassic Park (movie about a theme park made with real plants and dinosaurs from the Jurassic Era)
Overstalk
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: oh-ver-stalk
Sentence: Melissa liked her plants and generally tried to take good care of them. But when she travelled or forgot to water them, only the ones who could switch to desert mode would survive. The rest became, in Melissa's mind, overstalk, and her neglect moved from benign to willful, as she started planning what the overstalk's pot would hold next.
Etymology: Alteration of "overstock" to incorporate stalk, as in a plant stem. Also intended to imply that you are over the stalk.
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COMMENTS:
cute...Maybe she should stalk to her plants to get them growing... - Nosila, 2008-10-13: 20:21:00
hahaha- "desert mode"....how optimistically deniable. Good one! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-14: 03:11:00
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Petalfeelia
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: petal/feel/iya
Sentence: Petalfeelia occurs when people think their plants have feelings
Etymology: petal + feel
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COMMENTS:
I got it bad. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-14: 18:33:00
BTW - love this word too! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-14: 18:34:00
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Malevoplant
Created by: comborracha
Pronunciation: mal-ehv-o-plant
Sentence: In a malevoplant move to punish him for his infidelity, Gertrude set Chad's azalea 'Izzy' on the back porch to represent their dying relationship.
Etymology: malevolent+plant
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COMMENTS:
I guess that their relationship is no longer plantonic! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-14: 17:36:00
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Neglectaplant
Created by: pocketosmiles
Pronunciation: ne glec ta plant
Sentence: My solution for getting rid of my neglectaplant is to feed it to the neighbor's dog.
Etymology: Neg, deny + lect, pick out + aplant
Croakus
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: krōkəs
Sentence: Jane has a black thumb when it comes to raising plants. Plants given to her are generally doomed to her attempts at kindness. No matter what kind of plant or flower she has it soon becomes a croakus.
Etymology: croak (die/kill) + crocus (a small, spring-flowering plant of the iris family, which grows from a corm and bears bright yellow, purple, or white flowers)
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COMMENTS:
deadly good word - Nosila, 2010-03-11: 00:22:00
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Killant
Created by: yaelash
Pronunciation: ki-llant
Sentence: every time she got flowers or anything green, she couldn't hold on to it for more than a couple of days. soon she would take it outside, killanting it as usual.
Etymology: kill + plant
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird. Thank you yellowbird! ~ James'
purpleartichokes - 2007-11-14: 04:19:00
How ironic, I just did this yesterday with some cilantro that developed a wicked case of spider mites. Now I get to feel the guilt allll over again.
Jabberwocky - 2007-11-14: 15:22:00
I got a phone call from cilantro - he said "Save me purple - it's not too late"
purpleartichokes - 2007-11-14: 18:32:00
I hate you Jabber. Here come the nightmares... "I'm freeeeezing!"
The cilantro is just the tip of the iceberg! I heard that Purple iced her entire crop artichokes, which she was **trying** to grow hydroponically in her basement. That is until she saw her electricity bill quadruple. Just think of all those poor baby artichokes... It's sad, until you think -- Purple probably would have ate them anyways. ~ James
mplsbohemian - 2007-11-14: 23:08:00
Tip of the iceberg *lettuce*, you mean.
purpleartichokes - 2007-11-15: 06:54:00
Now I'm all choked up... guess I'll start eating more meat.
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird. Thank you yellowbird. ~ James
A friend suggested a very scary thought. She says that the verbotomists should get together and have a \"meet & greet\".
Sounds good. We could have a convention in Verbena, Alabama