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DEFINITION: n., A person so enamored with the holidays that they don't just deck their halls and home, but they also decorate their car, their cubicle, their pets, and themselves. v., To obsessively decorate according to seasonal holidays.
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Adornorate
Created by: jajsr
Pronunciation: Ah-dor-nor-rate
Sentence: Filled with all kinds of holiday cheer, Liz would adornorate anything she came in contact with.
Etymology: Combination of Adorn plus orate (from decorate).
Jingolo
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: jing - oh - low
Sentence: Stuart had turned into a complete jingolo. There were holiday bells of all sorts everywhere....both at work and at home. He just couldn't stop hanging them as he was sooo into the spirit this year. They were hanging from the doors, halls, walls, cubicles, phones, file cabinets, bathroom fixtures, refrigerator and copy machine....and those were just some of the ones he had adorned the workplace with!
Etymology: Jingle (from jingle bells) Gigolo (a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained).... In combination, unrestrained jingle bells
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COMMENTS:
Exceptional. A real bellringer that is a-pealing. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-09: 12:13:00
I'm just a jingolo and everywhere I go, I spread joy and mistletoe...cute word - Nosila, 2008-12-09: 23:18:00
good one - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-13: 16:13:00
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Obsessorate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ob-SESS-ohr-ayt
Sentence: Once again, Glendora showed her extreme holiday spirit and went on a crusade to obssesorate everything including phones, the john, and every window in her home, the same in her office and even hung ornaments in the interior of her car.
Etymology: Blend of 'obssess' (to engage in obsessive thinking : become obsessed with an idea) and 'decorate' (to furnish with something ornamental )
Festoonatic
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: fes too nat ik
Sentence: he was such a mad festoonatick he tied some sleigh bells on his duck christmas quackers!
Etymology: festoon, lunatic
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COMMENTS:
Fantastic and funny - silveryaspen, 2008-12-09: 11:06:00
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Unbelievabawble
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: unn bee leev a baw bull
Sentence: She was totally unbelievabawble as she jingled all the way to her workgrotto, merrily mincing her buns on her way back from refyuleing at the coffee dock.
Etymology: unbelievable, bauble
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COMMENTS:
Congrats on your 'minimaim' fame. Well deserved! - Stevenson0, 2007-12-03: 12:26:00
I like refyuleing as well - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-03: 13:01:00
Big congrats on getting published Galway! (And I personally know a bun-mincer.) - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-03: 19:20:00
Good on ya for success with "minimaim' - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-04: 16:32:00
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Christpulsiveness
Created by: IllmaticKD
Pronunciation: Christ'puls'iv'ness
Sentence: A bow on the hood of the car, the cat looks like Santa Claude vomitted, even the sweater she wears ha christmas bulbs hanging from it, this person suffers from Christpulsiveness.
Etymology: noun; Derived from two words. Christmas, and compulsive. Also see: Christpulsive, Christpulsively
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COMMENTS:
KD, put some of your magic into the sentences... I need a laugh!!! - Korinne, 2007-12-06: 00:15:00
Love it! - Korinne, 2007-12-06: 08:45:00
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Decorfatuate
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: dek-uhr-fach-oo-eyt
Sentence: They knew her decofatuating had gone too far when she bought festive contact lenses that made her eyes look like Christmas trees.
Etymology: decorate + infatuate (as in obsess)
Ornamaniac
Created by: kragn
Pronunciation: orn-a-MAY-nee-ack
Sentence: Debbie's an ornamaniac -- she's got a couple of strands of Christmas lights in her purse for unexpected decorating opportunities.
Etymology: ornament + maniac
Holiholic
Created by: pacha
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COMMENTS:
Good word! Had a friend for whom Christmas came once a year- but he seemed to celebrated it during 365 days. He had a year -long yearning, I guess, for yuletide! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-04: 16:24:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie ~ James
Hey Verbotomists, I thought it would be fun to create a Verbotomy Greeting Card for the upcoming holidays. So I am calling on all Verbotomists to Submit your Holiday Verbotomy Definitions. I will set up an e-card so we can send our best wishes, and our best words, to our friends. Be creative! ~ James
In other news, Galwaywegian's verboticism, "Minimaim", was published yesterday in Toronto Star. See: http://www.verbotomy.com/blog/?p=223. Congratulations to Galwaywegian ~ James
Jabberwocky - 2007-12-03: 06:04:00
love the outfit today - very festive
Thanks Jabberwocky! I loved getting dressed up and lightening my hair for the holidays. ~ James
Thanks to everyone for sending in their cheeriest holiday definitions. And now Santa's elves will to get to work. ~ James
Hey Verbotomists, Sorry for the double replay this morning. I have updated the definition for today as of 7:00am EST. If you created a word for the service definition, you can see it here: That cake is so dry. Thanks for playing! Be creative, James
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James