plantsit

English

Verb

plantsit (third-person singular simple present plantsits, present participle plantsitting, simple past and past participle plantsat)

1. Alternative form of plant-sit
   • 1993, Jean-Jacques Béguin, The World Artificially Propagated Orchid Species Source Book:

     Curiously, other plants like the cymbidium from the supermarket, the Cattleya I was plantsitting, and the nameless Epidendrum bought for a few dollars at the Miami airport did not seem to suffer from my clumsy attentions.

   • 2004, Nancy McArthur, The Escape of the Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, page 77:

     Michael thought she was going to ask him to dogsit Margo, but no. "You're so good with plants," she said, "that I'm sure you're just the person to plantsit.

   • 2013, Liesl Schillinger, Wordbirds: An Irreverent Lexicon for the 21st Century:

     HOUSEFLITTER Housefl tter (n.) 'howss-flit-tur Person who lives for months or years without a permanent address by jumping from one housesitting, catsitting, or plantsitting gig to the next.