{"id":518,"date":"2008-12-23T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=518"},"modified":"2008-12-23T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-23T16:00:00","slug":"twastightbeforechristmas-apparently-santa-has-been-into-the-festive-spirits-all-day-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=518","title":{"rendered":"Twastightbeforechristmas: Apparently, Santa has been into the festive spirits all day long."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v. intr.<\/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>Twastightbeforechristmas<\/strong>:  \/<em>twaz tite befor cris mass<\/em>\/ &#8220;Twastightbeforechristmas&#8221; was the Karaoke Bible for Perry Chris Mass.  He adored the reworked Christmas songs that he belted out everynight, after a few belts:<br \/>\nAngels We Have Heard Are High; I&#8217;ll be prone for Christmas; I&#8217;m dreaming of a White Wine Christmas;Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rein Beer;Carol of the Bells Scotch;and Ding Dong Merrily We&#8217;re high.were some of his more popular renditions.  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Twas The Night Before Christmas &#8211; famous poem by Clement Clark Moore &amp; Tight (drunk, smashed, crocked, inebriated&#8230;too much alcohol imbibed) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Twastightbeforechristmas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=petaj\">petaj<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-12-19: 00:52:00<\/em> <br \/>ha ha, not a creature was stirring, not even a souse<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=metrohumanx\">metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-12-19: 01:03:00<\/em> <br \/>When what to my wondering eyes should a beer&#8230;.a sleigh filled with ethyl and tiny reindeer&#8230;.hic<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-12-19: 10:36:00<\/em> <br \/>Funtastic. Laughter and music &#8230; little changes that refresh the old carols and will have us smiling and thinking of you everytime we hear them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Putrumintumtum<\/strong>:  \/<em>put-rum-in-tum-tum<\/em>\/ When he received his invitation to the Christmas lunch he took the little drummer boy&#8217;s advice and putrumintumtum.<br \/>\n <em>Etymology:<\/em>  put + rum + tum (as in tummy) + pa rum pum pum pum<br \/>\n <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Putrumintumtum:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-12-19: 10:31:00<\/em> <br \/>Luv it!  So clever and superbly adorable. Touches the kid that lives in all of us and makes Christmas such fun!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-12-21: 17:19:00<\/em> <br \/>Good one<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Souseguest<\/strong>:  \/<em>sow-s-gest<\/em>\/ Don&#8217;t mind Charlie, he won&#8217;t be driving home after the party, he&#8217;s a souseguest.  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  house guest (someone invited into one&#8217;s home, usually to stay for a while) + souse (alcoholic) <em>Created by:<\/em> petaj.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Souseguest:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-12-19: 01:07:00<\/em> <br \/>Funtastic!  <\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Mustang\">Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-12-19: 19:00:00<\/em> <br \/>Very good!!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-12-19: 22:39:00<\/em> <br \/>Good word&#8230;I have people I can call that this week! Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Otannenbombed<\/strong>:  \/<em>o ten\u00c9\u2122nb\u00c3\u00a4md<\/em>\/  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. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  O Tannenbaum (Carol: O Christmas Tree) + bombed (intoxicated by drink or drugs) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Otannenbombed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-12-19: 14:02:00<\/em> <br \/>terrific<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Mustang\">Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-12-19: 18:59:00<\/em> <br \/>Excellent!!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-12-21: 17:20:00<\/em> <br \/>Love it<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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. 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 &#8220;relaxed&#8221;. n., A person who arrives at a party pre-inebriated. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Twastightbeforechristmas: \/twaz tite befor cris mass\/ &#8220;Twastightbeforechristmas&#8221; was the Karaoke &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=518\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Twastightbeforechristmas: 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":[90,93,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518"}],"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=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}