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DEFINITION: v. To try to kill a weed that just won't die. n. A weed that just keeps on coming back, no matter what you do to it.
Verboticisms
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Zombeanstalk
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: zämbēnstôk
Sentence: Zack planted some beans that he was told were magic. Little did he know how true that was. Once planted they could not be stopped. After harvesting a few nasty tasting beans he decided to plant tomatoes so he turned over the soil and put in a few nice plants. The next day he found the uprooted ”mater” plants plastered against the shed as if flung by some unseen hand and the zombeanstalk standing in their place. Thus began a summer of battle to reclaim the garden. Pesticides, herbicides, even hoes and machetes were no match for this evil thing. Every assault just seemed to make it stronger. The onset of Winter finally brought Zack the relief he sought. He is now desperately trying to sell his house so that he can be gone by the Spring thaw.
Etymology: zombie (a soulless corpse said to be revived by witchcraft) + beanstalk (the stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast growing and tall)
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COMMENTS:
love it! - galwaywegian, 2010-11-02: 16:06:00
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Permanettle
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: per-ma-net-tle
Sentence: (no offense to Dr. Suess & Fox in Socks) This is the story of Annette L. Snettle who loved to garden, but hated nettle: Have you ever heard of a permanettle battle? Well, when Annette L. battles nettles where the nettles like to settle and they settle in a kettle where Annette L. planted petals; they call this Annette L. Snettle permanettle settle metal kettle petal battle.
Etymology: permanent: forever, eternal + nettle (n): a nasty weed with stinging hairs that cause a skin reation + nettle(v): to vex or irritate
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COMMENTS:
Love it! - readerwriter, 2009-04-20: 09:31:00
Exceptional! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 10:01:00
We are nettle lone! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:17:00
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Schwarzenneggplant
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sh wart zen egg plahnt
Sentence: no matter how many times you take the shears/fork/flamethrower to a schwarzenneggplant, you know it'll be back!
Etymology: schwarzennegger, eggplant
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COMMENTS:
I'll be bok choy. - mrskellyscl, 2009-04-20: 09:58:00
and I'll be brock... - splendiction, 2009-04-20: 21:30:00
(broccoli) - splendiction, 2009-04-20: 21:34:00
Hosta la vista, baby! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:11:00
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Surrhounded
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: sir hound ed
Sentence: Giant Dandy Lions, roared with life, all around Poison Ivy, blocking her sun and drinking up all her water. nearly strangling her and every thing else! Her husband, O. D. Stickers, tried beating them back with his thorny limbs, and was everblasting them with Weed-Be-Gone. Alas and Alack, they just grew right back ... the li-on-and-ons remained kings of the jungle! Like hope springing eternally, Dandy Lions were springing back up ... infernally. O. D. Stickers and Poison Ivy would forever be surrhounded by Dandy Lions!
Etymology: SURROUND, HOUNDED. Surround - occupy the space all around. Hounded - pestered in a persistent, constant, ceaseless manner.
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COMMENTS:
Silvery realy good word! We're all FUNNY Poets very Entertaining! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-20: 18:13:00
It's like they are lion dancing, those Lion Kings! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:14:00
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Deeterminate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dee ter min ayt
Sentence: When Stella realized that the dandelions were not so dandy and the crabgrass was very crabby,she decided to act. Because these weeds allowed pesky bugs to dwell, she decided to deeterminate their existance. Sure for the first few weeks,it was a Garden of Eden, but then all the weeds and bugs returned, like bad boomerangs.
Etymology: DEET (anagram for diethyl(meta)toluamidef, a bug/weed killer) & Terminate (to kill, end) and WordPlay on Determine (shape or influence)
Audreytwonacious
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: Aw-dree-twoo-nay-shuhs
Sentence: Lil Seymour cried out for her husband's help. They were coming after her, those audreytwonacious dandylions, elephant ears, tigerlilies, zebra grass and spider plants!
Etymology: Using AUDREY II, the man-eating plant of "Little Shop of Horrors" fame + TENACIOUS, meaning holding firmly, stubbornly. Sometimes also spelled AudreyIInacious
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - splendiction, 2009-04-20: 21:25:00
It's cute and Oddry,too! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:20:00
I love your etymology and word very nice:) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-22: 06:24:00
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Inweedstructable
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: in-weed-struck-tab-ul
Sentence: She didn't care if she using the most toxic weed killer around and that it was polluting the water or potentially harming the neighbourhood cats or dogs, as long as all the inweedstructables in her garden were dead, she was happy.
Etymology: indestructable + weed
Eradicaint
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ee-RAD-ehck-aynt
Sentence: Over the course of the growing season Gloria had tried all kinds of chemicals, digging, chopping, lawn mower, and with her latest effort of pouring charcoal starter fluid and lighting it, she was distressed to find that this too was one more eradicaint when she saw the plant flourishing a couple days later.
Etymology: Blend of 'eradicate' and 'ain't'
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COMMENTS:
must be a variety of naypalm - galwaywegian, 2009-04-20: 11:25:00
Clever blending! Great Word! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 17:35:00
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Unwhackable
Created by: mkaye
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After only a few months of neglect, my lawn is now filled with unwhackables.
Etymology: plant growth that is undeterred by a weed whacker
Bilkweed
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: rhymes with milkweed
Sentence: Henry knew the weedwacker definitely wasn't the answer to their recurring weeds. He wondered which herbicide he would next try. Maybe he'd just dig out the whole garden and start again? Hmmm. Those bilkweeds!
Etymology: From BILK, to frustrate and MILKWEED. Bilkweeds cause constant frustration because they manage to resist removal.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
abrakadeborah - 2009-04-20: 00:24:00
Silvery is BRILLIANT :)~ Love the cartoon also :)
splendiction - 2009-04-20: 21:35:00
Yes I wish I had more than two votes to cast today!
Thank you abrakadeborah and Silvery! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James