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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.
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Drunkiferous
Created by: mrowka
Pronunciation: Drunk-If-Erus
Sentence: After guzzling down his holiday spirit, Douglas became drunkiferous. Later on we were able to skyline him into a cab.
Etymology: Drunk (intoxicated)+ Coniferous (type or tree)
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)
Pinefestation
Created by: TTwoo
Pronunciation: pah-ain-fes-tay-shun
Sentence: Where's the vaccuum? We got a serious pinefestation in the living room.
Etymology: Pine (as in pine tree) and infestation (as in to be overrun with something in large quantities, usually with harmful effects.)
Holidazed
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: holly dazed
Sentence: Like a good shepard, we watered the flock on our tree. Yet, flocks of needles fell to the floor. Prickly pairs of party animals, all spruced up, rollicked fir hours, drooping into the pine droppings. They eventually decked the halls, wherever they fell, not even aroused by herds of belles. All (people and trees) were thoroughly holidazed.
Etymology: Holidays, Dazed
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COMMENTS:
Clever - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-18: 04:11:00
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Pinattaque
Created by: Lingoism
Pronunciation: pahyn-uh-tak
Sentence: Look after your Christmas tree with care if you don't want your home to be the next victim of pinattaque.
Etymology:
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)
Treedebris
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Tree - de - bree
Sentence: Norman and Leona decided to have an artificial Christmas tree next year after seeing the extraordinary amout of treedebris this year's tree had shed.
Etymology: Tree + debris
Yulegibbons
Created by: jmotsch
Pronunciation: Yewl gibbins
Sentence: Janice had been fervently combating the yulegibbons since January.
Etymology:
Needlepeedle
Created by: nicky
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Needlepeedle happens all over the house unless you give the Christmas tree a good shake before taking it out to the brush pile
Etymology: needle, pee
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 .