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DEFINITION: v., To prepare for holiday events where you must chat with irritating co-workers or nagging relatives, by consuming just enough alcohol to make you feel "relaxed". n., A person who arrives at a party pre-inebriated.
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Alcomooder
Created by: simon
Pronunciation: alko-moo-da
Sentence: I have to turn into such an alcomooder before these parties.
Etymology: I have to drink to change my mood to make these parties more enjoyable.
Priestamate
Created by: Niktionary
Pronunciation: pree-estah-mate
Sentence: "If I have to go to one more of Herb's Lodge brother's parties, I have to priestamate with plenty of that eggnog. Which one has the rum in it?"
Etymology: prepare+fiesta+estamate
Sherrychristmased
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sher ree kris mast
Sentence: Nick had already been to five other homes on the block for his annual walkabout on Christmas Eve. Sampling nibblies and good cheer, by house #6, The Bailey's, he was plastered. Since he only did this at Yuletime, he arrived sherrychristmased. Luckily, the Bailey's knew him well enough to lay him out on the spare bed until either Christmas, sobriety or alcoholic poisoning happened. It would not be the first time that the Bailey children would think that Nick, in his Santa suit, was the real thing...in fact he was often the topic of the next show and tell...
Etymology: Sherry (fortified wine, drunk as an aperitif) & Wordplay on "Merry Christmas"
Festibuzz
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: festəbəz
Sentence: Lew was nervous about going to his first office ”Holiday” party. He had only had this job for two weeks and hardly knew anybody. All that changed when he arrived sporting an elf costume and a raging festibuzz. The outfit might have been forgiven, the pickling perhaps but kissing Mr. Bossypants full on the lips, maybe not. Strangely when he arrived for work on Monday Lew’s security badge didn’t seem to work on the entry door and a box with his personal stuff was sitting on the curb.
Etymology: festival (an annual celebration) + buzz (intoxication)
Soirebacchus
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.
Jingleallthewasted
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: jin-gul-all-thuh-way-sted
Sentence: he seemed to spend the whole festive season jingleallthewasted
Etymology: wasted, jingle all the way
Hollyjollyhammered
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: hall-ee-jaw-lee-ham-erd
Sentence: He was so hollyjollyhammered that he offered to grace everyone at the office Christmas party with his heavenly voice and sing a Christmas tune - it was an amalgamation of Silent Night, Little Drummer Boy, and Take This Job and Shove It.
Etymology: Hollyjolly (as in the Christmas spirit) + hammered (drunk, wasted)
Holidaze
Created by: TTwoo
Pronunciation: Ho-li-dayz
Sentence: I'm gonna get holidazed for your mother's visit.
Etymology: Holiday + Daze
Christmellowed
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.)
Prepour
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (v. tr.) prěp'ōr; (n.) prěp'ō-rā'shən, prěp'ōr'ər
Sentence: I'd find it extremely difficult to deal with my co-workers at the office Christmas party without at least an hour of prepouration first; hell, why should after-hours be any different than the work day?
Etymology: pre[pare] + pour (noun forms - prepouration and prepourer)
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