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DEFINITION: n., A Christmas tree, ornament or caroler that, no matter how it is tied, tethered and tilted, refuses to stay upright. v., To be so full of Christmas cheer that you simply sparkle, twinkle and tip over.
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Cockedlymerry
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: cockedlymerry ... kok-ed-lee-mer-ree
Sentence: My cockedlymerry family put up a cockedly merry tree.
Etymology: cockedlymerry: cocked meaning tilted or at an angle. ly meaning like. merry meaning happy like you get during the Christmas holidays.
Ornapisa
Created by: Korinne
Pronunciation: Orna-pee-sa
Sentence: Helen was frustrated because the normally upright tree ornaments now looked like ornapisas.
Etymology: Ornaments + Leaning Tower of Pisa
Tipsel
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: tip-sell
Sentence: It seemed our 8 foot inflatable Santa Clause was full of tipsel, as he even managed to droop over despite the bungee cords wrapping him to the banister. No more egg nog and cookies for him!!
Etymology: tip + tinsel
Shimmeringdrop
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: shi-mer-ing-da-rawp
Sentence: That man is quite the shimmeringdrop at the moment, he's had so much booze he's liable to flop like a Christmas pancake.
Etymology: shimmering:out of focus ofr sparkly + drop:to fall
Topsyfirtree
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Top-see-furr-tree
Sentence: It as the same every year, as soon as the last bauble was hung on the branch the whole thing went topsyfirtree. Julia decided next year she would forget the tree and decorate the cactus instead.
Etymology: Play on topsyturvy(a word used to describe something that leans or topples
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-15: 11:43:00
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Duglistfir
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dug list fur
Sentence: The town fathers had ordered a large evergreen to be planted in the main square, so that it may be decorated each Christmas Season as the "First Tree". A huge Douglas Fir had been imported from the West and although healthy and full, it had a definite lean to it. They nicknamed it the DuglistFir. At first people laughed at the Leaning Tree, but miraculously on Christmas Eve it had straightened out and stood erect. The people were amazed until they realized that this change was inevitable. The town in question was not called Viagra Falls for nothing!
Etymology: Dug (created by digging); List (lean or tilt to one side) & Fir (any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas, popular as a Christmas Tree)and word play on Douglas Fir (tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles)
Parumparumrum
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: parəmparəmrəm
Sentence: Ralph was really trying to help decorate the Christmas tree but was having trouble staying upright due to the fact that he was full of parumparumrum.
Etymology: Pa rum pum pum pum (Onamonapia for drumming from Little Drummer Boy) + rum (an alcoholic liquor distilled from sugar-cane residues or molasses)
Christmascareeling
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: CHRIS-muhs-care-ee-ling
Sentence: Nicholas was full of good cheer, filled with Christmas dinner and so bubbly from so much spiked egg nog that he spent most of the evening Christmascareeling and staggering about while all those about him were merely singing and laughing.
Etymology: Blend of Christmas, Caroling, and Reeling (To stagger, lurch, or sway, as from drunkenness)
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COMMENTS:
there were a few of those at our office Christmas party - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-15: 11:40:00
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Scrackerwhiff
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: skrA-kuh-wif
Sentence: No matter how much Anne tried, she could not make the scrackerwhiff angel sit straight atop the tree. Eventually Anne gave up and turned to the sherry, in an attempt to get scrackerwhiffy herself.
Etymology: Cracker + Skew-whiff
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes Thank you purpleartichokes ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James