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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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Needelinquents
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nēdiˈli ng kwənts
Sentence: Joyce didn*t realize when she invited a young tree into her home for the holidays that she was also inviting in needelinquents. These little hooligans had no respect for their elders and made every effort to separate themselves from the bough. They would lodge themselves in the fiber of the carpet and stab passersby with their tiny daggers at every opportunity. Even Hoover, the meanest thug Joyce knew had trouble dislodging these troublemakers. Just when she thought they were gone, she*d find more.
Etymology: needle (the adult leaves of a conifer) + delinquent (typically of a young person or that person*s behavior showing or characterized by a tendency to commit crime, particularly minor crime)
Treeslug
Created by: mezebra
Pronunciation:
Sentence: We hate the morning after, the treeslugs are so prevalent. Bob hasn't been invited to our party in years, he is such a treeslug
Etymology:
Drunklebob
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: drunk-el-bob
Sentence: Once again Kate and Lonnie's Christmas party guests were snickering and whispering about 'Drunklebob', Kate's uncle Bob, who had once again over imbibed on the spiked egg nog and was passed out under the Christmas tree.
Etymology: Blend of 'Drunk', 'Uncle' and 'Bob'
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COMMENTS:
Nice one! - artr, 2012-12-20: 10:03:00
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Infirtration
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: in fur TRAY shun
Sentence: The infirtration usually starts in mid-December, right after we put up the tree, when we really start to feel them underfoot. By Christmas Eve, they have become really insistent and prickly, and by the day after Christmas, we are ready to throw the whole mess out and just call it a season. But it seems that when cleanup time comes, we don't have many of them around needling us. New Year's Eve seems to bring some of the infirtrators back out of the woodwork, but a little eggnog (spiked) helps numb a lot of the irritation. What's that you say? No, no, not the bits from the tree; it's artificial - I'm talking about the pesky and kvetching relatives!
Etymology: infiltration + fir
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COMMENTS:
firtatious word! - Nosila, 2009-12-22: 01:12:00
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Pestaclaus
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: PEST-tuh-klawz
Sentence: When Bob hadn't left Christmas celebrations at the home of Roxie's parents by New Year's day, her family decided that it was time to look for ways to kinstirpate this perdurable pestaclaus.
Etymology: PESTACLAUS: blend of pest & Santa Claus. KINSTIRPATE: (kin & extirpate)-not my word: source??
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-17: 13:36:00
I'm a fan of Kinstirpate, but maybe it should be (kin + constipate), i.e. like when you can get the kin-folk to leave, your house is kinstirpated. - Tigger, 2007-12-17: 23:34:00
Ah, I meant "like when you _can't_ get the kin-folk to leave..." - Tigger, 2007-12-17: 23:36:00
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Pinfest
Created by: spickaspanner
Pronunciation: Pin-fest
Sentence: Quick we need to get rid of the christmas tree before we get a pinfest!
Etymology:
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
Barbedlier
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: barbd-lie-uh
Sentence: 'Beware the barbedlier on the sofa', Marge whispered to her husband as she passed him in the doorway. 'Your friend Tom had to stay for a week the last time he was this sozzled'.
Etymology: barbed wire + lier (one who lies down)
Infestivus
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: infestivus (just like it looks)
Sentence: Debbie and Art were planning a December wedding. To keep it from becoming completely infestivus, Debbie's mother suggested having it a week before Christmas so that out-of-town relatives might stay through Christmas and no longer. She was quite wrong. It turned into Infestivus Maximus with hordes of relatives hanging around until the New Year. Like pine needles stuck in the carpet, she could not get rid of them.
Etymology: infest (of insects or animals) be present (in a place or site) in large numbers, typically so as to cause damage or disease) + festive (cheerful and jovially celebratory) Derivative of Festivus Maximus (Baltimore Raven term for the Super Bowl)
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COMMENTS:
Pine needles are easier to deal with than relatives. They don't get insulted when you yell at them. - wayoffcenter, 2008-12-18: 10:07:00
clever - Seinfeld reference maybe? - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:46:00
I like the name...i think you got festivus part from Ravens 2000 Super Bowl Run and added in...you got my vote! - timlumber1, 2008-12-19: 21:50:00
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Sugarplummat
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: shoog-a-plum-at
Sentence: Natalie vowed that this year there would be no sugarplummating at the office Christmas party. Despite the litres of eggnog she had consumed last year, the memory of the rum ball crumbs squashed into the carpet over her head, the sneering laugh of her colleagues and the realisation that she could not get any lower was still crystal clear in her mind.
Etymology: sugar plum fairy (Christmas visitor) + plummet (fall down) + mat (rug)
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:47:00
Hilarious word, Petaj! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-18: 17:33:00
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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 .