{"id":241,"date":"2007-12-19T12:34:28","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T16:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=241"},"modified":"2007-12-19T12:34:28","modified_gmt":"2007-12-19T16:34:28","slug":"must-buy-presents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=241","title":{"rendered":"Must buy presents."},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> n.<\/em>, The wondrous, and the “wonder how I’m going to pay for it” feelings of the holiday shopping season. v. tr.<\/em>, To stumble through a shopping mall like a zombie on a buying binge, grabbing anything and everything that will fit on your credit card.<\/p>\n

\"Must<\/p>\n

VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Spendementia<\/strong>: \/-spen-di-men-shuh-<\/em>\/ Jamie, like many last-minute holiday shoppers, suffered from an attack of spendementia at the mall and ended up walking around in a daze, making purchases without really thinking about them, like some sort of Visautomaton, until the credit cards were all maxed out. Etymology:<\/em> spend (from Latin, expendere “pay out”) + dementia (from Latin, d\u00c3\u00a9ment\u00c4\u0081re “to deprive of [one’s] mind”) Created by:<\/em> Tigger.<\/p>\n

Comments on Spendementia:<\/strong><\/p>\n

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-14: 14:29:00<\/em>
\nwe all have to be a little demented to spend the way we do at Christmas! Good word.<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-14: 15:03:00<\/em>
\nReminds me -I must start shopping! Another fine word.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yesmastercardia<\/strong>: \/yes-master-cardia<\/em>\/ During the holiday season I suffer from extreme yesmastercardia and let my credit card lead me like a divining rod to every overpriced bargain. I am compelled to buy for I must obey, I must obey Etymology:<\/em> yes master + master card Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n

Comments on Yesmastercardia:<\/strong><\/p>\n

bzav1<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-14: 07:40:00<\/em>
\nkudos<\/p>\n

purpleartichokes<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-14: 08:58:00<\/em>
\n…followed by mastercardial infarction when ya get the bill in January. Good word Jabber.<\/p>\n

Stevenson0<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-14: 12:41:00<\/em>
\nAnother great word and week! We all say yes master to you in unison.<\/p>\n

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-14: 14:09:00<\/em>
\nor followed by attackacardia … if you don’t pay on those credit cards! This word with its yes master dominates the day the way that credit cards can dominate a life. Terrific word!<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-14: 15:01:00<\/em>
\nBravo: another great word!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shopnosis<\/strong>: \/shop-noh-sis<\/em>\/ Stumbling through the mall in a state of shopnosis, she was glad she brought her pillow and blanket so she could have a nice sleep on one of the comfy leather couches. Etymology:<\/em> shop + hypnosis Created by:<\/em> remistram.<\/p>\n

Comments on Shopnosis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tigger<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-16: 16:33:00<\/em>
\nI like it! Deck the malls with spending folly, fa-la-la-la-lah la-la-la-lah…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Christmaxedout<\/strong>: \/kris-m\u00c4\u0081kst-out<\/em>\/ I christmaxedout my Master Card and I am not done shopping. Now I’ll have to use my Visa. Etymology:<\/em> Christmas: The annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus. + Maxed: To reach one’s limit. + Out: finished; ended. Created by:<\/em> xirtam.<\/p>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
\nhttps:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=zombies<\/a><\/p>\n

Be Creative,<\/p>\n

James<\/p>\n

www.verbotomy.com<\/a>
\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n

Definition Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Verbotomy<\/a><\/strong> – 2007-12-14: 01:55:00<\/em>
\nToday’s definition was suggested by silveryaspen<\/strong><\/a> Thank you silveryaspen ~ James<\/p>\n

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong> – 2007-12-14: 14:44:00<\/em>
\nLiked all the words!<\/p>\n

Verbotomy<\/a><\/strong> – 2007-12-17: 01:26:00<\/em>
\nThank you silveryaspen for the great idea ~ James<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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) Spendementia: … Continue reading Must buy presents.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[30,90,92,93,34,89,91,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241"}],"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=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}