Verboticisms

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

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Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: tilt-en-bawm

Sentence: "O Tiltenbaum, O Tiltenbaum, How angled are your branches! O Tiltenbaum, O Tiltenbaum, How can I fill all your patches?"

Etymology: Tilt + Tannenbaum.

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COMMENTS:

this is the best so far! lol love it! - chaiandallthatjazz, 2007-12-10: 10:14:00

Great word!! - Mustang, 2007-12-10: 16:45:00

EXCELLENT! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-10: 17:47:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: carol laps

Sentence: The choristers set out at 7.00pm with their candles erect, songsheets aligned and vestments spick and span. As they wassailed their way through the village streets sampling the Christmas cheer, their silent night got louder and louder, the shepherds washed their socks by night until goo kin wenwenwenceslashshsh looged out. It was a complete carollapse.

Etymology: carol + collapse

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: gar leand

Sentence: Sparkling soda, laced with good cheer, gave everyone twinkling red eyes, shining red noses, and tipsy walks, making everyone slightly sinclined. As they swayed around the room, their arms garleaned around everyone.

Etymology: GARLAND, LEANED. GARLAND - a round, circular Christmas decoration that is hung over. LEANED - tilted, listed, unable to stay upright.

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COMMENTS:

I was swayed by the sparkling soda...seconds? - Mustang, 2008-12-15: 08:39:00

lovely visual - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-15: 11:41:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: tip - see - tree

Sentence: Marge was not sure if it was because she had been drinking for several hours or whether the tree Scott had brought home was actually leaning. The eggnog had certainly gone to her head but she kept thinking they were going to have a tipsytree this year.

Etymology: Tips (leans or topples)and Tipsy (unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated) + Tree

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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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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: fall-some-fur

Sentence: We've tried three different tree stands, placing all the ornaments on one side to balance the weight and even drilling a few branches into the wall but the darned tree keeps falling over; the Christmas tree that Lenny brought home is a genuine fallsam fir.

Etymology: balsam fir; evergreen tree traditionally used as a Christmas Tree + fall

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COMMENTS:

Kinda like "Folsam Prison Blues", nay? - metrohumanx, 2008-12-17: 01:06:00

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Created by: flavord

Pronunciation: Chris-tipsee

Sentence: I can't get this tree to stay up. It's thin, I've had too much rum, and we're both Christipsy.

Etymology: Christmas/tipsy (drunk, falling over)

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COMMENTS:

lilts right over the tongue and the meaning is clear! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-13: 14:39:00

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Created by: drkesper

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: kris/mas/kyuh/leyt/ed

Sentence: During our annual neigbourhood caroling, John's six eggnog and rum completely christmasculated him and it took two carolers to drag him around from house to house.

Etymology: Christmas + emasculated (flaccid, drooping)

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