DEFINITION: n., The wondrous, and the “wonder how I’m going to pay for it” feelings of the holiday shopping season. v., To stumble through a shopping mall like a zombie on a buying binge, grabbing anything and everything that will fit on your credit card.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Oweoweowe: /o o o/ T’was the day before Christmas and all thru the Mall, no one paid cash, no one at all. The charge cards were melting from the friction of swipe and shoppers all wondered how they’d survive all the hype. Santa was laughing, his cheeks very merry. He told all the shoppers oweoweowe, Christmas debt is scary! Etymology: Owe (be indebted to;be in debt) & Ho Ho Ho (Santa’s trademark laugh;”Ho ho ho” is a rendition of a particular type of deep-throated laugh or chuckle which is of Gaelic (Irish language) derivation) Created by: Nosila.
Generiousity: /jen err eye owe you sitee/ by about 3.00pm on the 20th of december, his generousity became generiousity Etymology: generousity. IOU Created by: galwaywegian.
Clausquander: /Clau-skwon-der/ Jenny had to go to rehab after the Christmas holidays to cure herself from the Clausquander syndrome after effects. Etymology: Claus – Santa Claus
Squander – to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully Created by: Lingoism.
Spenderlust: /spɛndərləst/ In a bad case of spenderlust Brian bounced from one store to another at the mall buying most everything that caught his eye until his card was declined. Looks like its gonna be a ramen January. Etymology: spender (somebody who pays out money in buying or hiring goods or services) wanderlust (a strong desire to travel) Created by: artr2.
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