Verboticism: Voltlack
DEFINITION: v., To run out of batteries during the holidays, especially on Christmas morning when all the kids and half the adults are screaming for their new toys. n., A battery or personal energy shortage created by over-consumption.
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Xcessmas
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: eksesməs
Sentence: Kris finally had enough of Xcessmas and collapsed into his Lazyboy to sleep for a week.
Etymology: excess (an amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable) + Xmas (shortened version of Christmas)
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like a good idea! - Nosila, 2009-12-25: 10:07:00
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Asaltonbattery
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: a salt on batt er ee
Sentence: When Mimi forgot to pack fresh double AA's with the Christmas toys,she went ballistic and she was charged with asaltonbattery.
Etymology: assault & battery
Batterestitue
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: bah-ter-ess-ti-toot
Sentence: Triple AAA's and Quadruple AAAA's ran down so fast this Christmas past, I went batterestitute!
Etymology: a combo of batteries and destitue ... batterestitute
Nicadalack
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Nie - cad - uh - lack
Sentence: Orville suddenly realized that he'd forgotten to buy extra batteries for the toys and gift appliances and he felt the anguish of severe NiCadalack.
Etymology: NiCad (Nickel Cadmium battery)+ lack (shortage) + alack (sorrow)
Imbattered
Created by: Bullwinkle
Pronunciation: im'bat-erd
Sentence: I couldn't show the kids how their new toys worked, I was imbattered
Etymology: embittered/battery
Lithargic
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: le-thar-jick
Sentence: I've been cooking all afternoon and I'm far too lithargic to finish this sent....
Etymology: lethargic (lacking energy) + lithium (metal used in batteries and used to describe that type of battery)
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COMMENTS:
Captures the feeling as well as the definition! Simply Excellent. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-24: 11:17:00
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Lovoslomo
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: LOW-voe-SLOW-moe
Sentence: The Electrogrinch arrived stealthily at midmorning, spreading LOVOSLOMO over all the battery-operated gifts. Mr Machine slowed down and died,King ZOR expired in a pile of wrappings, Robbie the Robot refused to glow, Ipods and Walkmen refused to co-operate, Lightsabres and RC Cars lay dead in piles, and even the TV remote wouldn't function.The Lost In Space Roto-Jet Gun wouldn't roto,Mattel's Agent Zero M Radio Rifle grew silent and even Supercar wouldn't start, much less fly or submerge. All things considered, it was a peaceful, quiet and jolly Christmas day as the kids were reduced to playing with a Spirograph and a John Gnagy paint-by-numbers "art" set. Aaaaaaah---- Merry Christmas and a Happy Hannukah to all.....MetrohumanX
Etymology: LOw VOltage+ SLOw MOtion= LOVOSLOMO Origin: NE Pennsylvania slop talk.(fabricated neo-hipster jargon) from Lithuanian/Basque/Slovak OMOL-SOVOL meaning to have no ZAP.
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COMMENTS:
http://isitchristmas.com/ - metrohumanx, 2008-12-24: 08:42:00
http://www.robot1968.com/ - metrohumanx, 2008-12-24: 09:00:00
http://wesclark.com/am/toys.html - metrohumanx, 2008-12-24: 09:06:00
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Straindeer
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: strayn-dear
Sentence: Thomas was fraught by the demands of cooking Christmas dinner for eight in a shoebox sized oven. He reached for another eggnog. In reply to his girlfriend's arched eyebrow, he angrily told her 'I'm feeling the straindeer, OK?!'
Etymology: strain + reindeer
Denergized
Created by: alanmilner
Pronunciation: as it reads
Sentence: I tried to demonstrate the new product, but all of my batteries had been denergized.
Etymology: denergized is a contraction of de-energized, and plays off the energizer battery campaign.
Lithargic
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: lith-ar-jick
Sentence: Mum was so lithargic after consuming too many Christmas treats that she couldn't even reach the top shelf to get the spare batteries.
Etymology: lithium + lethargic
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COMMENTS:
excellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-21: 04:42:00
Good one! - toadstool57, 2007-12-21: 07:12:00
very nice petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-21: 08:49:00
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