Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: v. intr., To prepare for holiday events where you must chat with irritating co-workers or nagging relatives, by consuming just enough alcohol to make you feel “relaxed”. n., A person who arrives at a party pre-inebriated.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Twastightbeforechristmas: /twaz tite befor cris mass/ “Twastightbeforechristmas” was the Karaoke Bible for Perry Chris Mass. He adored the reworked Christmas songs that he belted out everynight, after a few belts:
Angels We Have Heard Are High; I’ll be prone for Christmas; I’m dreaming of a White Wine Christmas;Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rein Beer;Carol of the Bells Scotch;and Ding Dong Merrily We’re high.were some of his more popular renditions. Etymology: Twas The Night Before Christmas – famous poem by Clement Clark Moore & Tight (drunk, smashed, crocked, inebriated…too much alcohol imbibed) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Twastightbeforechristmas:

petaj, 2008-12-19: 00:52:00
ha ha, not a creature was stirring, not even a souse

metrohumanx, 2008-12-19: 01:03:00
When what to my wondering eyes should a beer….a sleigh filled with ethyl and tiny reindeer….hic

silveryaspen, 2008-12-19: 10:36:00
Funtastic. Laughter and music … little changes that refresh the old carols and will have us smiling and thinking of you everytime we hear them.

Putrumintumtum: /put-rum-in-tum-tum/ When he received his invitation to the Christmas lunch he took the little drummer boy’s advice and putrumintumtum.
Etymology: put + rum + tum (as in tummy) + pa rum pum pum pum
Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Putrumintumtum:

silveryaspen, 2008-12-19: 10:31:00
Luv it! So clever and superbly adorable. Touches the kid that lives in all of us and makes Christmas such fun!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-21: 17:19:00
Good one

Souseguest: /sow-s-gest/ Don’t mind Charlie, he won’t be driving home after the party, he’s a souseguest. Etymology: house guest (someone invited into one’s home, usually to stay for a while) + souse (alcoholic) Created by: petaj.

Comments on Souseguest:

silveryaspen, 2008-12-19: 01:07:00
Funtastic!

Mustang, 2008-12-19: 19:00:00
Very good!!

Nosila, 2008-12-19: 22:39:00
Good word…I have people I can call that this week! Merry Christmas!

Otannenbombed: /o tenənbämd/ It was just his first week at his new job and Gerry wanted to make a good impression at the Christmas party. Unfortunately he chose to use a little liquid courage to prepare for the event. He showed up otannenbombed. With all of the smirks, snickers and pointing Monday morning, he wished he knew what had gone on Saturday night. Etymology: O Tannenbaum (Carol: O Christmas Tree) + bombed (intoxicated by drink or drugs) Created by: artr.

Comments on Otannenbombed:

Jabberwocky, 2008-12-19: 14:02:00
terrific

Mustang, 2008-12-19: 18:59:00
Excellent!!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-21: 17:20:00
Love it

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DEFINITION: n., 1. A pine needle infestation, common during and after the holiday season. 2. Prickly Christmas guests who will not leave and cannot be cleaned up. v. intr., To fall down during a holiday party and hide under a rug.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Holidazed: /holly dazed/ Like a good shepard, we watered the flock on our tree. Yet, flocks of needles fell to the floor. Prickly pairs of party animals, all spruced up, rollicked fir hours, drooping into the pine droppings. They eventually decked the halls, wherever they fell, not even aroused by herds of belles.
All (people and trees) were thoroughly holidazed. Etymology: Holidays, Dazed Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Holidazed:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-18: 04:11:00
Clever

Treebris: /tree-BREE/ Wilfred and Nancy scrapped plans for any natural Christmas trees in the future after seeing and having to clean up the extraordinary layer of treebris this year’s tree had shed.
Etymology: Blend of tree and debris Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Treebris:

Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:48:00
nice combo

dochanne, 2008-12-18: 21:55:00
Nice and succinct. Immediately understood.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-19: 04:15:00
Love it.

Festilence: /Fest-y-lence/ Joe was sick and tired of pulling pine needles out of his socks, tinsel from his jackets and various other christmas detritus from his clothes and furniture. The rug was hopeless, having been unceremoniously rolled up by an intoxicated friend who was himself a vexmastation (vexxing xmas infestation) and who had proceeded to topple the christmas tree and scatter needles, baubles, tinsel and lights asunder. ‘Tis the season of festilence’, he thought to himself as he vacuumed the rug again. Etymology: Festive – of the season and the proliferation of easily dispersed and infesting decorations. The mood and wild abandon with which such infesting objects are dispersed and initially ignored.
Pestilence – a nuisance or pest, such as the inevitable pine needles, tinsel, baubles, ribbon, cookie crumbs and scraps of wrapping paper that breed when you’re not looking and bedeck the house after the christmas hiatus. Created by: dochanne.

Comments on Festilence:

Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:45:00
love it

OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-19: 04:16:00
Brilliant.

Infestivus: /infestivus (just like it looks)/ Debbie and Art were planning a December wedding. To keep it from becoming completely infestivus, Debbie’s mother suggested having it a week before Christmas so that out-of-town relatives might stay through Christmas and no longer. She was quite wrong. It turned into Infestivus Maximus with hordes of relatives hanging around until the New Year. Like pine needles stuck in the carpet, she could not get rid of them. Etymology: infest (of insects or animals) be present (in a place or site) in large numbers, typically so as to cause damage or disease) + festive (cheerful and jovially celebratory) Derivative of Festivus Maximus (Baltimore Raven term for the Super Bowl) Created by: artr.

Comments on Infestivus:

wayoffcenter, 2008-12-18: 10:07:00
Pine needles are easier to deal with than relatives. They don’t get insulted when you yell at them.

Jabberwocky, 2008-12-18: 14:46:00
clever – Seinfeld reference maybe?

timlumber1, 2008-12-19: 21:50:00
I like the name…i think you got festivus part from Ravens 2000 Super Bowl Run and added in…you got my vote!

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DEFINITION: n., The wondrous, and the “wonder how I’m going to pay for it” feelings of the holiday shopping season. v. tr., 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)

Oweholynight: /oh holee nite/ Oweholynight! The stores are brightly shining,
It is the night of getting your money’s worth,
Long lay those cards in purse and pocket pining,
Tills reappear and the soul spent its worth.
A thrill of hope the retail world rejoices,
For yonder breaks your budget by Mastercard.
Fall on your knees! Owe, hear the Visa voices!
Owenight divine, Owenight when AmEx was reborn;
Owenight divine, Owenight, Owenight Divine. Etymology: Owe (be in debt, owe money for goods bought) & O Holy Night (Christmas Eve, the night of Jesus’ birth, the reason we celebrate Christmas; the title of a Carol announcing the birth of the Savior) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Oweholynight:

metrohumanx, 2008-12-17: 00:47:00
I didn’t know you were so musical!
Nice job!

galwaywegian, 2008-12-17: 04:06:00
magic!! love it!

Lurchase: /Lur-chis/ Deanne stumbled through the endless maze of brightly decorated, tinsellated, festoonyoulated and carol-playing shops, stupefied and buying random objects that caught her attention. She zomgrabitated to items of medium size and moderate cost, vaguely recalling her credit limit and dragging her stumbleboon behind her. With glazed unblinking eyes she spotted a shiny articulating hand-held kitchen whizzywidget and immediately zomplasticated it, adding her latest lurchase to her already stuponderous load. Etymology: Lurch – brrrraaaiiinnnnsssss!!!
Purchase – acquire through the dangerous use of plastic when the brain is in a zombastic state. Created by: dochanne.

Comments on Lurchase:

metrohumanx, 2008-12-17: 12:14:00
I want one, too.

Jabberwocky, 2008-12-17: 13:25:00
nice

hyperborean, 2008-12-17: 19:20:00
You’re on a roll!

Nosila, 2008-12-17: 21:44:00
Very, scary realistic story!

Amexpansive: /am eks pan seive/ Deep down he knew that being amexpansive would prove amexpensive. He would soon be amex pensive. Etymology: amex, expansive Created by: galwaywegian.

Buyerpatch: /Buy her patch/ The Christmas charge is a spree-ing-loaded time that puts us all through a buyerpatch. Etymology:
BUYER, PATCH, BRIER PATCH. BUYER – any shopper is one. PATCH – a small area of time before Christmas. BRIER PATCH – a patch of thorny wild trailing roses, a deceptive place in that the lovely flowers have thorns that will rip you to shreds as you go get them … kind of like lovely presents that rip your wallet to shreds as you go get them. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Buyerpatch:

metrohumanx, 2008-12-17: 00:46:00
OOOh. Good one. Spend we must, however. 🙂

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DEFINITION: n., An ugly decorative item or article of clothing received from friends or relatives, which is kept stored away but ready to be pulled out at a moment’s notice in anticipation of a return visit. v. tr., To temporarily place an old, and perhaps unattractive gift in a place of honor.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Drekorations: /drekÉ™rāshÉ™n/ John and Mary loved their friend Holly. The problem is that Holly loves “outsider” art. Terms like found objects made John and Mary cringe. Several years ago Holly had given them a string of garland made of old soup cans, painted egg cartons, and even beads made from dried bear scat. Because Holly was such a regular visitor, there was no way they could get away with NOT putting up this drekoration. As they wrapped the garland around the banister John would quietly sing to himself, “Deck the halls with bowels from Holly”. Etymology: drek (rubbish; trash) + Decoration (the process or art of decorating or adorning something) Created by: artr.

Comments on Drekorations:

wayoffcenter, 2008-12-16: 04:45:00
That stinks! 🙂

Mustang, 2008-12-16: 20:59:00
Retroshabby…..the new chic.

dochanne, 2008-12-16: 22:59:00
Fabulous.

dochanne, 2008-12-17: 01:34:00
Fabulous.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-17: 04:09:00
Terrific – always wanted to use dreck in a verbotomy.

Movemento: /move ment oh!/ My mother considered the oddly shaped, oddly colored vase high class. It was so ugly, I called it hide class. But I didn’t want to hurt mom’s feelings, so if she was coming, it became the gift of grab and display. The minute she left it was the gift of grab and hide away. It was a real movemento. Etymology: MOVENTS, MEMENTO. MOVEMENTS – taking from hiding place to pride of place, then from pride of place to hiding place, repeatedly. MEMENTO – another synonym for a gift, especially a gift of remembrance! Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Movemento:

dochanne, 2008-12-16: 01:54:00
Movemento dear! Deliciously evocative of that sinking feeling of guilt 🙂

Jabberwocky, 2008-12-16: 11:24:00
wonderful combo

TJayzz, 2008-12-16: 13:15:00
Good word

Mustang, 2008-12-16: 21:01:00
I thought it wuz gunna be about an Italian Opera. Works well though.

Resurregalia: /rez-ure-REG-ahl-ee-uh/ Babs and Jake always greeted the holidays with excitement and dread. With extended family coming to visit, these reunions often degenerated into verbal slug fests. Babs would prepare the mandatory dishes, and Jake’s job was to break out the RESURREGALIA…those tacky gifts and mementoes which would have been endearing if they weren’t SO ugly and tasteless. Jake was especially fond of Aunt Lydia’s “Sceptre of Authority”- a self-contained toilet accesory with disturbingly phallic qualities which kept everyone laughing well into the wee hours. Bottoms up! Etymology: RESURREct+reGALIA=RESURREGALIA………RESURRECT:to bring to view, attention, or use again,to raise from the dead;back-formation from resurrection-1772……REGALIA:: the emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia indicative of royalty,decorations or insignia,special dress or trappings;Medieval Latin, from Latin, neuter plural of regalis-1540 Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Resurregalia:

dochanne, 2008-12-16: 03:00:00
Re(as)suringly regal resurrection complete with elegant use of Latin. Very nice!

Mustang, 2008-12-16: 21:00:00
Brings back so many memories. I like it.

Nosila, 2008-12-16: 22:16:00
Good word…been there done that!

Gifthoarse: /gift hors/ It had become a tradition at Christmas as much as decorating the tree and putting up lights. It meant Mother was coming to stay for the holidays and although we loved her dearly and looked forward to seeing her, we had to dig out that painting she had given us many years ago and hang it over the fireplace. It stayed the rest of the yhear in the attic. That’s because it was painted on black velvet, with glow-in-the-dark paints, framed inside a gaudy rococco gilt frame. Yes, being his #1 fan, Mother had bought us a portrait of Elvis. Wearing a white jumpsuit, sneering into the microphone in his hand and tilting his pelvis our way! You could push a button at the bottom of the frame and tinny music of him singing would belt out. Our friends who visited over the years hooted and hollered at the tacky image. Neighbours would make the pilgrimmage each year to see The King. He was a gifthoarse that made people laugh and sing along. We always said we would pull him out for Mother’s visit, so as not to hurt her feelings, but one of these years old age would overtake her and we would no longer be obligated to carry on the charade. It was then that we realized that the song he sang from the portrait, “I’ll have a Blue Christmas without you” would become very poignant to us. Etymology: gift (a present, something given) & hoarse (deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion) & old saying: “Never look a gift horse in the mouth” old proverb which means don’t question how you acquired something or what it cost. The advice given is be grateful for your good fortune and don’t look for more by examining it to assess its value.

Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Gifthoarse:

metrohumanx, 2008-12-16: 02:40:00
Awwww. How moving. Nice work, Lady.

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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. intr., To be so full of Christmas cheer that you simply sparkle, twinkle and tip over.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Fallallallallall: /fall-all-all-all-all/ It was a Christmas tradition for the carolers to carry heavily spiked eggnog to ward off the chill winds and heavy snow but by the time they got half way through their route the chorus of deck the halls seemed most appropriate as they fallallallallalled into a deep snowdrift. Etymology: fall all + Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Fallallallallall:

Mustang, 2008-12-15: 08:37:00
Heh heh…been there and done that. Excellent work

logarithm, 2008-12-15: 09:36:00
Creatively funny! My second vote for today goes to you!

artr, 2008-12-15: 13:26:00
Love it. Very funny

Ismelstar, 2008-12-16: 00:07:00
It’s catchy, too. The alliteration is kinda drunken sounding.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-17: 04:05:00
Terrific

Christmasculate: /kris-mas-kyuh-leyt-ed/ 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: CHRISTMASCULATE – from CHRISTMAS + EMASCULATE (drooping, flaccid)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Christmasculate:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-17: 04:08:00
Hope he didnt lose his baubles.

Everlean: /evərlēn/ Horace is no good at picking Christmas trees. No matter how good it looked in the lot, every tree he took home was an everlean. Somewhere between the tree lot and home the trunk would develop a bend. A few years ago he thought he could dupe the fates by buying an artificial tree. No such luck. Somehow it was damaged in transit and it too refused to stand upright. Etymology: ever (at all times; always)+ lean (be in or move into a sloping position) Created by: artr.

Comments on Everlean:

wayoffcenter, 2008-12-15: 04:49:00
But my dad’s name isn’t Horace. He was also great at finding trees with major bare spots.

logarithm, 2008-12-15: 09:34:00
Nice one! My vote #1 for you.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-17: 04:06:00
Nice

Intinselated: /in tin syl ate/ Every year, Aunt Thelma would light the candles, put on some Christmas music, and pour herself a Doctor Wilson before trimming the Christmas tree. At first, every ornament was carefully hung in the perfect spot but, long after midnight (and seven or eight Doctor Wilsons) she would be so intinselated that she would begin hurling ornaments at the tree until she was satisfied it was complete. Then Uncle Stan carried her off to bed. Etymology: intoxicated + tinsel Created by: hyperborean.

Comments on Intinselated:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-17: 04:06:00
Great word

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