DEFINITION: v., To put an unwanted houseplant, especially a seasonal or gift plant like a Poinsettia or Easter Lily, outdoors in hopes that it will die. n., An unwanted houseplant which has been left to nature.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Sacrilily: /sak ril lilee/ After his Mother’s annual Easter visit and gift of an Easter Lily, Neil felt it was too painful a reminder of her unpleasant holiday with him. He therefore always made a sacrilily of the plant by placing it out on his frosty terrace. Etymology: Sacrifice (endure the loss of;destroy or kill) & Lily (any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers) Created by: Nosila.
Floracide: /FLOR-eh-side/ In a seemingly heartless attempt to commit floracide on an unwanted hideous tropical houseplant she had gotten as a gift, Gracie left it outdoors on the patio during the harshest part of the winter. Etymology: ‘Flora’ (Plants considered as a group) with the suffix ‘cide’ (from Latin meaning “killer,†“act of killing,†used in the formation of compound words) Created by: Mustang.
Dieffenbachiassassination: /dee-fuh n-bah-kee-uh-uh-sas-uh-neyt/ Debbie was never very good with house plants. She once killed a cactus that her mother-in-law gave her that had survived years of neglect. When her friend gave her a lovely house plant she planted it out front knowing full well that she was committing Dieffenbachiassassination. “It’s better that it return to nature than in my kitchen and end up in a trash can” she was heard to say. Etymology: Dieffenbachia(tropical flowering plants in the family Araceae noted for their patterned leaves) assassination (to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously) Created by: artr.
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