What comes to mind when you hear the word 'Xeriverde' ?

[alittlelark]

I just want to hear initial reactions..... there is a good reason for this post.

[Brother Buzz]

1. Sounds like a word generated for the drug industry

[Paulie]

2. or a boat motor

Sorry OP!

[Brother Buzz]

4. A dose of Xeriverde will get your Johnson up and running

[Paulie]

5. Thank you for not being Evinrude for replying to you.

[pinboy3niner]

3. Another made-up, trademarked domain name?

Sounds kinda dry to me.

[alittlelark]

7. Yes, it is dry!

I had to come up with a name for my landscape irrigation class last quarter. Xeriverde was one of my choices. Turned out it had never been used in any language - so I trademarked it.

Just found out it was approved...... National Parks and WIC are cut....but not Bizness.


Still, it's pretty cool.

[Callmecrazy]

13. Right away I thought dry and green.

I lived in Las Vegas for thirty years.

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. Near-green?

[alittlelark]

8. Yes! Xeri-dry, Verde-green = Xeriscape

I am in a landscape architecture program.

[pinboy3niner]

9. Xeriscaping is the first thing that came to mind

I live in the SoCal high desert, so that's a common term here.

[alittlelark]

10. Everyone I have mentioned the word to KNOWS what it means....

....if they are from the Southwest. Those outside the area are confused by it.

[Chan790]

16. I grew up in New England...

and other than 3 months in Texas and a year's worth of three-week vacations to Florida have never lived off the East Coast.

I got it immediately, but I'm a linguistics nerd.

[yuiyoshida]

11. some kind of

dermatology ointment? ...too specific... I really dun know what it is...

[Tobin S.]

12. Spanish

[woodsprite]

14. Dry green - like fake grass. n/t

[BlueJazz]

15. Breaking news: The Xeriverdes landed last night with the peaceful promise "To serve Man"