DEFINITION: v. To express your love of nature by covering your lawn with statues, ornaments and other plastic figurines. n. A home which is infested with gnomes, elves, plastic animals, and other lawn ornaments.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Uglawn: /uhg-lawn/ Mindy just loves plastic gnomes, elves, mushrooms, flamingos, and deer. There are so many ornaments on her uglawn that you can hardly find a single blade of grass. Etymology: ugly (unattractive) + lawn (cultivated area of green grass) Created by: artr2.
Gnomensland: /no mens land/ Mary Contrary’s home was a gaudy fairy tale house surrounded by a front and backyard covered by every known garden ornament. She had over 200 garden gnomes, no two alike and each had a name. Her home was a gnomensland, as no sane man would be caught dead in this fairyland setting. Even her dog was embarrassed to be seen there…he was sure all these creatures came alive at night and they probably did! Etymology: Gnome (elf or fairy) & No Mens Land (devoid of men) & WordPlay on No-Mans-Land (an area not suitable or used for occupation or habitation; Created by: Nosila.
Shamitten: /shar-mit-ten/ Leslie was aghast when she pulled up in front of her friends’ house. ‘I knew Sarah had a gnome fetish, but this is total addiction! She’s completely shamitten’. Etymology: Sham – bogus or false
Smitten – strongly attracted to someone or something. Created by: fabdiva.
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