Seuss tree

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Seuss tree \sus tr: (noun) The blue spruce tree in Sturges Quad, resembling the tree from Dr. Seuss’ "The Grinch who stole Christmas". "I vomited in the Seuss Tree walking home from the party last night."

Source: Dictionary of Geneseo English 2006.

Page creator: Unknown User (arh11)Date: Sep 20, 2008 04:45 Comments: Unknown User (krk5) "The Dr. Seuss Tree" is a common fuller form. Dec 02, 2008Unknown User (tm7) The actual form of this word is Seuss Spruce.  I think there was some sort of decision made at some level of the group responsible for tours that tour guides would only use that form of it.  Also, it rolls off the tongue much more nicely. (Tim Moriarty, S-Z, 2012) Nov 19, 2012Also commonly referred to as the "Seuss Spruce" due to the flow of alliteration. 62% of those surveyed stated that during orientation they were introduced to the tree as the "Seuss Spruce" Bettina S-Z 2015.

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n. The painted tree. After surveys filled out by Geneseo students the word “Seuss Tree” was a 2 on a familiarity scale with 1 being often used and 3 being never used. (Bell, S-Z, 2024)