{"id":1370,"date":"2011-12-22T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2011-12-22T12:00:11","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T17:00:11","slug":"alcomooder-apparently-santa-has-been-into-the-festive-spirits-all-day-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1370","title":{"rendered":"Alcomooder: Apparently, Santa has been into the festive spirits all day long."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em>, 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 &#8220;relaxed&#8221;. <em>n.<\/em>, A person who arrives at a party pre-inebriated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/festive.gif\" alt=\"Apparently, Santa has been into the festive spirits all day long.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alcomooder<\/strong>:  \/<em>alko-moo-da<\/em>\/ I have to turn into such an alcomooder before these parties. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  I have to drink to change my mood to make these parties more enjoyable. <em>Created by:<\/em> simon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wassailant<\/strong>:  \/<em>was say lant<\/em>\/ There is one at every Christmas Party&#8230;the wassailant. It&#8217;s that friend, co-worker or relative who needs liquid courage in order to face their demons and tell people what they really think of them.  The only good thing of them coming soused is that they inevitably conk out on the coat pile in the bedroom, leaving the rest to enjoy themselves. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Wassail (a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas;celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities<br \/>\n &amp; Assailant (someone who attacks) <\/p>\n<p> <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Festipsy<\/strong>:  \/<em>festips\u00c4\u201c<\/em>\/ In an attempt to avoid last year&#8217;s sotluck debacle of a Christmas party, the planners scheduled a brunch soiree. Nonetheless several people still arrived festipsy. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  festivity (the celebration of something in a joyful and exuberant way) + tipsy (slightly drunk) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr2.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=festive\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=festive<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: v., 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 &#8220;relaxed&#8221;. n., A person who arrives at a party pre-inebriated. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Alcomooder: \/alko-moo-da\/ I have to turn into such an alcomooder before &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1370\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alcomooder: Apparently, Santa has been into the festive spirits all day long.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}