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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.
Verboticisms
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Decoramus
Created by: schoolmarm
Pronunciation: dec/or/A/mus
Sentence: His past follies could have been forgiven, but his coworkers quailed when the resident decoramus showed up on St. Patrick's Day wearing nothing but a four-leaf clover.
Etymology:
Tannenbum
Created by: nickmarziani
Pronunciation: tan-in-bum
Sentence: Jesus Christ on a cross, I can't believe how hard Ross is tannenbumming it today. Seriously--holly print leotards?
Etymology: O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum, wie treu sind deine Blätter! (+ bum)
Holifanorator
Created by: lelia
Pronunciation: holi-fan-o-rator
Sentence: She is such a holifanorator that she has lost count of all of her decorations!
Etymology:
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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Festifanatic
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /fes-ti-fuh-nat-ik/
Sentence: Every year, on the first day of December, Liz turned into a complete festifanatic. Yet, rather than trying to infect her friends and fellow workers with the holiday spirit, she would instead criticize their lack of spirit and accuse them of being 'ornamentally challenged,' which only further alienated everyone. Liz would always end up spending her holidays alone, despite all her enthusiasm.
Etymology: festive - "of, relating to, or appropriate for a feast or festival." (Latin, féstīvus - "merry") + fanatic (Latin, fānāticus - "pertaining to a temple, inspired by orgiastic rites, frantic")
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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Deckaholsic
Created by: nhanusek
Pronunciation: deck a hols ic
Sentence: Anita suffers from deckaholsic. I think she even attends meetings.
Etymology: deck the halls + alcoholic
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COMMENTS:
Nice! Deckaholic would have been good as well. - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-03: 18:57:00
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Krismess
Created by: biffbig1
Pronunciation: kris+mess
Sentence: Damn, she was a Krismess!
Etymology: not wanting to say Christ + mess
Festcessive
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fest/ces/sive
Sentence: She is completely over the top and festcessive about the Christmas season.
Etymology: FESTCESSIVE - from - festive + obsessive + excessive
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