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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.
Verboticisms
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Permaneedle
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: purm-ah-need-ul
Sentence: With all the permaneedles she discovered under the rug in July, she collected them and made miniature Christmas trees and kept them until next Christmas to give to her over-staying-their-welcome guests.
Etymology: permanent (everlasting, perpetual) + needle (from the pine or fir tree, and also to prod or tease)
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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Pinedemic
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: pine/dem/ic
Sentence: The onset of a brutally cold winter sent the thermostats soaring thereby causing extremely dry indoor conditions which ultimately led to a pinedemic of catastrophic proportions.
Etymology: pandemic + pine
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COMMENTS:
Lots of pinedemonium, no doubt. - Mustang, 2008-12-18: 15:28:00
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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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Carpetjaggers
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: car-pet-jag-gers
Sentence: Carpetjaggers are resistant to vacuums, and may still be found in your carpet for several months after the tree has been removed, so caution is advised when running in bare feet; however, after several months, they break down and become part of the room's floora.
Etymology: wordplay on carpetbaggers: someone who moves into an area to take it over -- carpet: floor covering + jaggers: sharp or pointy projections
Needlebain
Created by: roger153
Pronunciation: needle / bain
Sentence: Every year we have to put up with this same needlebain all over the house.
Etymology: pine needle mess
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:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:47:00
The carpet no doubt looked like a pine cushion. - Mustang, 2008-12-18: 15:31:00
Pining to be needle/ss. - dochanne, 2008-12-18: 22:11:00
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Tannenbomb
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: tah-nern-bom
Sentence: it may have looked nice as they were decorating it, but this christmas tree was a tannenbomb waiting to go off
Etymology: bomb, tannenbaum[as in the song...o christmas tree...but the german version....i'm the only one who learnt the german version aren't i....fine...vote for pinedemic...see if i care]
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COMMENTS:
I used a 'Tannenbaum' word last week and it didn't win me any prizes either, but you got my vote! - MrDave2176, 2007-12-17: 08:50:00
clever - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-17: 13:38:00
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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)
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 (a pernicious, evil influence, or agent)
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COMMENTS:
don't pine about it! - Nosila, 2009-12-22: 01:13:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram Thank you remistram ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
dimatehtunov - 2018-12-21: 21:54:00
good ivning .