Verboticism: Eradicaint
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.
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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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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
Vegemutation
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: vej eh mew ta shun
Sentence: Oh no, Genevieve screamed!! She felt that the nightmare had continued as she looked out the window and saw the vegemutation that had spawned overnight. The weeds and vegetation she had sprayed, dug out, pulled or otherwise attempted to eradicate had seemingly turned into larger, denser and more omininous revisions of themselves....
Etymology: vegetation (all the plant life in a particular region or period,the process of growth in plants)+ mutation ((change to adadpt to new conditions;a sudden variation (the offspring differing from its parents in some well-marked character or characters) as distinguished from a gradual variation in which the new characters become fully developed only in the course of many generations))
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COMMENTS:
Terrorific! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 10:02:00
It's like Revenge of the Trifids! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:15:00
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Clovercome
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: klo ver kum
Sentence: Daisy's attempts to unsuccessfully remove the clover from her lawn made her realize that she was now clovercome.
Etymology: Clover (3 leaved plant that is hard to get rid of) & Overcome (rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something)
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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Pestaside
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pest a syde
Sentence: No matter what she tried, Flora could not rid her yard of crab grass. It grew in her lawn. her flower beds, under trees and in between cracks in the cement. She had tried every chemical she could find to eliminate it.But nothing worked.In her mind, the pesticides just became pestasides, because the weeds came back somewhere else. She decided to use reverse psychology. If she planted crab grass on purpose, maybe her lawn and flowers would become the pests and grow in it's place! No wonder they called it crab grass...it makes you a crab trying to eliminate it!
Etymology: Pest (crab grass:grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest (nuisance) in lawns)& Aside (in a different direction)
Damndelion
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: dam-de-lye-on
Sentence: Trevor spent the better part of the day treating the golf course for various weeks. All was going well until he reached the green at the 15th hole. He tried everything in his arsenal to kill the bright yellow flowers only to come back to find them standing as tall as ever. Finally, he decided to put on his gloves and yank the weed out by its roots. The joke was on him though - the next morning he found that the damndelion had fought back and brought an army of yellow crusaders to invade the green. Trevor looked upon the field of yellow and exclaimed "Damndelions!!".
Etymology: Damn + dandelion
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COMMENTS:
beauty! - galwaywegian, 2009-04-20: 11:26:00
Damn Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 17:40:00
YELLOW CRUSADERS! Great imagery. - metrohumanx, 2009-04-20: 20:16:00
If I said I din't like it, I'd be delion! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:12:00
Wish I'd thought of it! Great word! - artr, 2009-04-21: 05:06:00
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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 Livonia 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' (eliminate, dispose of, wipe out) and 'aint' (is not)
Rhizomemania
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: rhi-zome-ma-ni-a
Sentence: Harrietta and Henry would landscape and work all weekend long on their lawn... pulling,shoveling,whacking fiercely attacking weeds like a "rhizomemania" on a killing mission! Henry sprayed as she prayed gouging and digging with a razor edged spade. Thinking they had finally gotten rid of all of the weeds...Only to find out the next weekend all the weeds had come back! Harrietta had an attack of "rhizomemania" as she crawled in the grass jerking weeds from all over the yard! They had multiplied, Henry, she shouted! "stop what you are planting please and hurry real fast JUST LOOK the weeds are growing faster than we can pull them up they are taking over our yard!" So, Henry came running with the weed eater in tow, to appease poor ol' Harrietta. She was hysterical and just could not understand how these bothersome weeds grew so fast? Little did she know...Henry returned to his planting in the back yard planting variegated ivy,kudzu and bamboo which he thought was ideal for around the pool...
Etymology: Rhizome:A horizontal, usually underground stem that often sends out roots and shoots. Mania:An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire; a craze;madness
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COMMENTS:
I love the word "rhizome".Run with it, baby! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-20: 01:06:00
Unique etymology! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 10:00:00
Thank you dears xoxo Deb :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-20: 18:03:00
I think you meant Wry-zomemania! I'm rooting for you! - Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:10:00
Wry thank you Nosila! for rooting for my twisted rhizomemaniaical rhapsody :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-22: 05:34:00
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