Author: James Gang

DEFINITION: n., A person so enamored with the holidays that they don’t just deck their halls and home, but they also decorate their car, their cubicle, their pets, and themselves. v., To obsessively decorate according to seasonal holidays.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Obfestoon: /ob fes toon/ When December rolls around, Merry drags out tons of decorations and covers every inch of her office, her home, her car and herself. Her tendency to obfestoon, includes wearing her seasonal “yulery” and making sure that the bathrooms are fully stocked with Christmas toilet paper and tissues.She also honors her Jewish co-workers with Hannukah trim, her African friends with Kwanzaa displays and just wait until her new boss, Mr. Singh, reports for duty…she will have Diwali covered, too! Etymology: Obsess (be preoccupied with;pursue vigorously) & Festoon (to decorate lavishly) Created by: Nosila.

Tinselvate: /tin-suh l-veyt/ Even before retailers start hawking the Christmas season Merry and her friend Holly begin decking their halls, pets, cars, cubicles and even their outfits. They have been known to wear glass ornaments as earrings and garland like a boa. Like a bedazzler gone mad, Merry will tinselvate a sweater so much that she has to be careful walking in front of a car at night for fear of blinding the driver. Etymology: tinsel (decorations made of thin strips of shiny metal) + titivate (to make smart or spruce up) Created by: artr.

Obsessorate: /ob-SESS-ohr-ayt/ Once again, Glendora showed her extreme holiday spirit and went on a crusade to obssesorate everything including phones, the john, and every window in her home, the same in her office and even hung ornaments in the interior of her car. Etymology: Blend of ‘obssess’ (to engage in obsessive thinking : become obsessed with an idea) and ‘decorate’ (to furnish with something ornamental ) Created by: Mustang.

Holidazzler: /HOLL-uh-dazz-lerr/ Jeff didn’t realize he had married a holidazzler until it was too late, and now every festive occasion was marked by decorations covering every square inch of their split-level rancher—inside and out! Etymology: A combination of “holiday”, any generally accepted occasion for celebration, and “dazzle”, meaning in this case to overpower with a bright and spectacular display. Created by: mvsmyth.

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DEFINITION: v., To leave out an important ingredient when you are sharing a favorite recipe so that no one else can make it taste as good as yours. n., A recipe that is missing one or more key ingredients.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Thingredient: /thin greed e ent/ When Maria gave in to requests for her recipes, she was always careful to thingredient them, so repro’s never were as devine as her originals. This was fine until they hired a lab manager at work. Her contat fear was that he might get wise… Etymology: Thin (having little substance or significance;lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture)& Ingredient (a component of a mixture or compound) Created by: Nosila.

Reciproximate: /ress-eh-PROX-uh-muht/ Lester takes great pride in the many dishes he has developed over the years and he jealously guards his recipes so when asked for them he always offers up a reciproximate, a recipe containing the main ingredients but which always leaves out 2 or 3 very important items. Etymology: Blend of ‘recipe’ and ‘approximate’ Created by: Mustang.

Ingrediaint: /in-gree-dee-eynt/ Sally always bugs Jason for his recipes. Somehow her versions never turn out the same as his. This might be because of the ingrediaints, those little components or techniques he “forgets” to tell her about. Etymology: ingredient (something that enters as an element into a mixture) + ain’t (is not) Created by: artr.

Obfuscake: /obb-fuss-kayk/ Rupert swore he followed every step of the recipe exactly as written, but the resulting gateau convinced him that Karin had clearly obfuscaked him by withholding a key ingredient. Etymology: Combination of “obfuscate”, meaning to make unclear or unintelligible, and “cake”, being a type of food to which this act might be applied. Created by: mvsmyth.

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DEFINITION: v., To not feel guilty about all the weight you’re putting on, because you need all the extra calories you can get, to survive the harsh winter climate. n., A type of fat gained by mammals in preparation for winter hibernation.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Glazen: /glay-zen/ Despite his wife Janet’s protestations about his rising cholesterol level, Alex glazenly went back for seconds from the decadent holiday buffet. Etymology: From “glazed”, describing the overly-rich holiday fare, both sweet and savory, that is so often covered in sauces, gravies, icings, and syrups; along with “”brazen”, meaning marked with flagrant and insolent audacity. Created by: mvsmyth.

Hiberglut: /hy-ber-glut/ With both of them feeling the need to hiberglut in order to put on an extra layer of blubber for the winter, Harry and Harriet would compete with one another, consuming as many high fat, high calorie foods as possible during the autumn months and especially at Thanksgiving and other holiday meals. Etymology: Blend of ‘hibernate’ (to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition) and ‘glut’ (to feed or fill to satiety; sate) Created by: Mustang.

Blubbernation: /bluhb-er-ney-shuh n/ After moving to Maine Jose was always cold, even in the summer. It wasn’t until his friend Joan told him about blubbernation, the consumption of copious quantities of fatty food, that he warmed up. Now he’s warm though he does look like he’s wearing a parka even with his shirt off. Etymology: blubber (the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales) + hibernation (to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals) Created by: artr.

Snowpholstery: /sno fols ter ee/ Anna always ate a lot more as winter grew near. She knew she’d need some snowpholstery to get through the long winter and keep warm. Etymology: Snow (winter’s precipitation) & Upholstery (padding; extra comfort) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v., To compulsively print out paper copies of all electronic files. n., A printing fetish common among paper pushers who suffer from a paranoid fear that their digital files are disintegrating on their hard drives.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Reprobsessed: /reh-prob-SESSD/ Millicent is reprobsessed, burdened by a perceived ‘need’ to print out everything from her emails, office correspondence, on line bill payments, and other kinds of on-line data that she is inundated with daily. Etymology: Blend of ‘reproduce’ (To make a copy of) and ‘obsessed’ (the domination of one’s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea) Created by: Mustang.

Pulpliferation: /puhlp-lif-uh-rey-shuh n/ Joanne doesn’t trust her computer. As many times as it has rebelled against her will and done what it logically wants to, she prints out all of her email. To add to the pulpliferation she proofreads each one, corrects grammar and spelling and prints them again. Etymology: pulp (any soft, moist, slightly cohering mass, as that into which linen, wood, etc., are converted in the making of paper) + proliferation (a rapid and often excessive spread or increase) Created by: artr.

Brinkjet: /brink jet/ Sally was on the brinkjet of rainforest annihilation while printing off every online e-mail and report in her company. Thanks to her boss who caught her in time, the forests in North and South AMerica can now rest easier. Etymology: Brink (the limit beyond which something happens or changes) & Inkjet (type of computer printing that creates a digital image by propelling droplets of ink onto paper) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v., To search for and find a pen to write down an important note, only to discover that the pen does not work. n., A moment in time when the only pens you can find, are pens that do not work.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Peninkless: /PEN-ink-less/ Farley finally found a pen but he was again frustrated,as the pen was completely out of ink but it was bitter irony since he had intended to write a check on an empty bank account…he was both peninkless and momentarily penniless as well. Etymology: Blend of ‘pen’, ‘ink’ with suffix ‘less’ (without) play on the word penniless Created by: Mustang.

Ninscribe: /nin-skrahyb/ It doesn’t matter how many pens he owns, Larry always finds the one that has no ink and proceeds to ninscribe whatever urgent message he is trying to retain. Some of his pens even play jokes on him by writing a few works before transforming into paper scratchers. Etymology: ninja (mercenary in feudal Japan reported to possess the ability to be invisible) + inscribe (to mark a surface with words, characters, etc.) Created by: artr.

Dudstriment: /dud-stri-mint/ All of the pens in the office were dudstriments when Sam really needed to take notes. Etymology: Dud- a person or thing that proves ineffectual or a failure.
Instriments taken in part of the correct spelling “instruments” – An implement used to facilitate work. Created by: abrakadeborah.

Capentulate: // Etymology: Created by: mvsmyth.

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