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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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Yuletiedoneon
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: YOOL TIDE wun on
Sentence: Apparently for Hannah Kah, the Christmas party had already started well before the other guests had even arrived. She had really yuletiedoneon and was wandering through the neighborhood loudly singing Christmas carols, even though she's Jewish! I guess one could say she really had the Christmas spirits....
Etymology: Yuletide + tie one on (to drink with the intention of becoming intoxicated)
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COMMENTS:
cute - Nosila, 2009-12-18: 01:19:00
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Christmasculated
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 (to be deprived of strength, or vigor; to be weakened) To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken
Carollapse
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
Erectreedysfuntion
Created by: jermainechambers44
Pronunciation: e-rec-tree-dis-funk-tion
Sentence: Although those little blue pills solved his little problem,they had nothing to deal with the erectreedisfuntion that plagued the tree decorating party for years.
Etymology: Erect-(to stand staight up)+Tree-(large plant life form)+Dysfuntion-(to not work properly)
Embellishbent
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: em/bell/ish/bent
Sentence: The decorations on our tree always look like embellishbents.
Etymology: embellishment + bent
Yulebriate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: yool-EE-bree-eyt
Sentence: At first, Bob yulebriated with a sublime sparkle; only, in the end, to stumble and tumble into a 'silent night' of mistlethroes and noelethargy.
Etymology: YULE (OE: Christmas) & EBRIATE: to sparkle with a emotion + to make or be drunk - and all its' permutations, esp staying upright.
Rumatumdum
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation: rum-a-tum-dum
Sentence: He looks rumatumdum keep him away from the eggnog or nothing will stand strait in this house.
Etymology:
Fallsamfir
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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Decoranot
Created by: jajsr
Pronunciation: Deck-or-not
Sentence: No matter how sturdy their tree was, Jim's favorite Christmas ornament was a decoranot. It weighed five pounds and would always make his tree lean to the right.
Etymology: "Decora" from decorate and "Not"
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes Thank you purpleartichokes ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James