flowerbeddiplomacy
/ˈflaʊəbɛd dɪˈpləʊməsi/nounVerified NewAlso in: Beetdiplomatie (Deutsch) · macizplomacia (Español) · massiplomatie (Français)
The exchange of cuttings, advice, and mild judgment conducted across the front gardens.
Flowerbeddiplomacy trades geranium cuttings for compost and compliments for silence about the weeds. Its summit is held over the wall in April. Alliances shift with the slugs, and the street's gardens bloom from one another's generosity, which nobody records and everybody knows.
Etym. — flowerbed + diplomacy — the horticultural relations of the front gardens.
Rel. — courgettegifting
Novelty check: APPROVE
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