Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: festipsē

Sentence: In an attempt to avoid last year's sotluck debacle of a Christmas party, the planners scheduled a brunch soiree. Nonetheless several people still arrived festipsy.

Etymology: festivity (the celebration of something in a joyful and exuberant way) + tipsy (slightly drunk)

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Created by: jmotsch

Pronunciation: foe mass

Sentence: After a full day of toasting, Jim was totally fauxmassed when he arrived at the children's choir performance. I must always fauxmas before attending midnight mass.

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Created by: mizzverbz

Pronunciation: sackference

Sentence: The man kept a reasonable sackference away from the securtiy gaurd

Etymology: The 'uera' in which some individuals are surrounded

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Created by: jajsr

Pronunciation: Swa-ray-bock-us

Sentence: Pete loved the holiday season because he loved going to the parties for the free booze. Going from party to party, Pete would always show up at another party drunk. He was a classic Soirebacchus.

Etymology: Combination of "Soire" from soiree - a party or reception held in the evening; and "Bacchus" - the Greek God of wine.

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Feh - stond

Sentence: By nature a withdrawn sort, Wilbur was becoming quite happy and animated to the point of being totally festoned on the party 'punch'.

Etymology: Fest(celebration) and Stoned (drunk)....a play on the word 'festooned'.

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Created by: Nuwanda

Pronunciation: hot-but-turd-chum

Sentence: Normally, Ted was kind of a drag, but on the holiday cocktail party circuit, he was everyone's hotbutteredchum.

Etymology: Hot buttered rum, a delicious winter libation, altered to incorporate chum, a word for a pal.

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COMMENTS:

Another funtastic creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-19: 10:24:00

Funny indeed!!! - mweinmann, 2008-12-19: 11:08:00

Fits the definition like a hand in a glove, too! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-19: 20:54:00

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: al-co-hol-ly-jol-ly

Sentence: Kris was having an Alcohollyjolly Christmas and arrived at the office party lit like a Christmas Tree. Usually quiet and reserved, he was nervous about talking to people he didn't know, so he allowed himself some liquid courage beforehand. Showing up late and dressed in a Santa Suit, he hit the egg-nog right away. His coworkers laughed and dismissed the behaviour, but they drew the line when he began to offer the women there a chance to check out his "package" and go to his "sleigh" to see Rudolph. The next day he realized that it's probably not a good idea to get too jolly at a law firm's Holiday party when he exchanged his Santa Suit for a Sexual Harassment Suit.

Etymology: "A Holly Jolly Christmas,"(1962) -- a popular Christmas song sung by Burl Ives and composed by Johnny Marks, a Jewish composer who also penned "Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year." + alcohol: intoxicant

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Good one - Nosila, 2009-12-23: 08:15:00

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /kris-mel'-lohd/

Sentence: First I christmellowed with a couple nips of brandy before the holiday party, until I heard minglebells in my head, and that loosened me up enough to impress my boss, and Gail from Marketing, with some funny stories of my Uncle Frank, and then I even did an imitation of my dear uncle every Christmas Eve, right there on the floor.

Etymology: Christmas (Old English, Cristes maesse "Mass of Christ") + mellowed - mildly and pleasantly intoxicated (Old English, mearu. Meaning "slightly drunk" is from 1690.)

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Created by: gemmgemms

Pronunciation: pre-vee-us-lee-un-so-berr-da

Sentence: They could all tell he was previouslyunsobered.

Etymology: previous:before + un:not + sober:not drunk

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Created by: rebelvin

Pronunciation: sosh-i-al-co-hol-ize

Sentence: I was not at ease at the party until I got socialcoholized.

Etymology: social+alcohol

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