Re: house plant/houseplant

**"* F* <c*@mail.com>**

John writes:
> I prefer "houseplant" as one word, but does this mean it's also proper to
> say "gardenplant?" Or "hangingbasketplant?" English is, after all, a Germanic
> language and the Germans love nothing more than to make new long words by
> gluing  shorter words together, end-to-end. Nein?

I LOVE this idea. How about refusetogrowplant, costswaytoomuchplant, or whydidieverletthisthugintomygardenplant? 

other suggestions?
C.L.
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