{"id":824,"date":"2009-12-23T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=824"},"modified":"2009-12-23T12:00:05","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T17:00:05","slug":"conifirmentation-why-are-you-vacuuming-the-christmas-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=824","title":{"rendered":"Conifirmentation: Why are you vacuuming the Christmas tree?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> n.<\/em>, 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.<\/em>, To fall down during a holiday party and hide under a rug.<\/p>\n

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VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Conifirmentation<\/strong>: \/kon if fer men tay shun<\/em>\/ It started the moment the Christmas Tree and the In-laws had arrived at the same time, a week before Christmas. The conifirmentation process. Tree needles everywhere and verbal needles about the food, the decor, the drinks, the gift choices, etc. At least the fir needles knew when to depart the host branch, unlike the In-laws, who thought that all could benefit from their “suggestions” and constructive criticism. “Next Year”, she said to her husband, “We buy the air tickets for them and make sure that they are only here for a few days, not the current one month long visit!” Houseguests, as they say, are like fish…after a few days they start to smell. Etymology:<\/em> Conifer (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones) & Fir (any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; often used for Christmas Trees) & Fermentation ( a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol;be in an agitated or excited state;go sour or spoil) Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n

Tannenbums<\/strong>: \/tan – in – bumz<\/em>\/ After Christmas, Penelope and Marc noticed many tannenbums remained in their home… First there were all the needles that would not come out of the carpet and then there were several friends that did not want to leave. Etymology:<\/em> tannenbaum (christmas tree), bums (moochers: ask for and get free; be a parasites) Created by:<\/em> mweinmann.<\/p>\n

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mweinmann<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-12-21: 18:05:00<\/em>
I cannot believe this….I just looked at last week’s words and saw that this one was used for another definition. I swear to god, I had not seen it until now (5:00 p.m.)!!! I did not play at all last week.<\/p>\n

artr<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-12-22: 06:34:00<\/em>
Forgiven! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Pinestilence<\/strong>: \/pine-stil-ence<\/em>\/ The pinestilence invades our home every Christmas season and takes months to rid the house of this dreaded needle.<\/p>\n

Etymology:<\/em> pine + pestilence (a pernicious, evil influence, or agent)
\n Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n

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Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-12-22: 01:13:00<\/em>
don’t pine about it!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Needelinquents<\/strong>: \/n\u00c4\u201cdi\u00cb\u02c6li ng kw\u00c9\u2122nts<\/em>\/ Joyce didn*t realize when she invited a young tree into her home for the holidays that she was also inviting in needelinquents. These little hooligans had no respect for their elders and made every effort to separate themselves from the bough. They would lodge themselves in the fiber of the carpet and stab passersby with their tiny daggers at every opportunity. Even Hoover, the meanest thug Joyce knew had trouble dislodging these troublemakers. Just when she thought they were gone, she*d find more. Etymology:<\/em> needle (the adult leaves of a conifer) + delinquent (typically of a young person or that person*s behavior showing or characterized by a tendency to commit crime, particularly minor crime) Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

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Be Creative, <\/p>\n

James<\/p>\n

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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. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Conifirmentation: \/kon if fer men tay shun\/ … Continue reading Conifirmentation: Why are you vacuuming the Christmas tree?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}