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DEFINITION: n., A person so enamored with the holidays that they don't just deck their halls and home, but they also decorate their car, their cubicle, their pets, and themselves. v., To obsessively decorate according to seasonal holidays.
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Psyclaustic
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: sigh + claws + tic
Sentence: My mom has over 152 Santa Claus figurines of one sort or another, and drags them out every Christmas - I guess you could say she's psyclaustic.
Etymology: psychotic + claus
Jubilackey
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: JOO-buh-LAK-ee
Sentence: For Bob, a jubilackey, and, especially, a yulethrall, festinfatuation, with the feriations of the whole world, continued year-long with 365 red-letter days.
Etymology: Blend of JUBILEE: A season of general celebration, holiday and rejoicing & LACKEY: Slave(slang); disciple, follower
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COMMENTS:
Good one Bob! - emdeejay, 2008-12-09: 22:22:00
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Holidaybacle
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: holiday - bah - kul
Sentence: She was green, red and flashing lights from head to toe - a complete holidaybacle! She knew the true meaning of Xcessmas.
Etymology: holiday + debacle
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COMMENTS:
very good - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-03: 16:01:00
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Infatyuleation
Created by: dubld
Pronunciation: in-fatch-yule-a-shun
Sentence: Her infatyuleation became apparent when she showed up to the office blinking in red and green on the day after Thangskiving.
Etymology: Infatuation + Yule Tide
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-03: 16:02:00
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Baubleaphilia
Created by: MrOdd
Pronunciation: A bauble was originally a stick with a weight attached, used in weighing, a child's toy, but especially the mock symbol of office carried by a court jester. "Philia" (Greek: φιλíα) in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is usually translated "friendship"
Sentence: A friendly relationship with baubles and decorations for any excuse, maybe even a holiday, a love of permutating one's individuality into value induced soley by a passing occasion and it's rendering of traditional, and therefore mindless, decorations.
Etymology: Bauble + philia
Celebraddict
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: Noun: seh-leh-brA-dikt Verb: seh-leh-bruh-dIkt
Sentence: Noun: The celebraddict forbade the others from approaching the Christmas tree - she alone knew where the baubles should hang. Verb: Her compulsion was such that she took tinsel everywhere, needing even to temporarily celebraddict her seat on the bus.
Etymology: Celebrate + Addict
Decorobsessivitis
Created by: mzscarlet
Pronunciation: dekor-obsessi-vitis
Sentence: Because of her decorobsessivitis, Susie looks like a clown most of the time, changing clothes and accessories to match every imaginable holiday.
Etymology:
Tinselfitter
Created by: durananrananran
Pronunciation: tin-sul-fit-ter
Sentence: Molly is such a tinselfitter, every December she outfits her desk in tinsel and baubles. She tinselfits out the rear window of her car with fairy lights
Etymology: tinsel + fitter
Preposterxmas
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pripästəreksməs
Sentence: Holly's approach to the holidays is truly preopsterxmas. It was bad enough last year when she started wearing a string of lights and couldn't leave her cubicle without trailing extension cords behind her but this year she is festooned with sprigs of holly and ornaments. She is a hazard to be around.
Etymology: preposterous (utterly absurd or ridiculous)+ Xmas (informal term for Christmas)
Holiditiot
Created by: SlappyDaClown
Pronunciation: HOL-i-dit-iot
Sentence: WOW ! Shes a real Holiditiot.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Funny! - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-03: 19:00:00
I'm adding this one to my personal vocabulary and will use it to tease my "Holiditiot" friends! - snekorb, 2007-12-03: 23:49:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie ~ James
Hey Verbotomists, I thought it would be fun to create a Verbotomy Greeting Card for the upcoming holidays. So I am calling on all Verbotomists to Submit your Holiday Verbotomy Definitions. I will set up an e-card so we can send our best wishes, and our best words, to our friends. Be creative! ~ James
In other news, Galwaywegian's verboticism, "Minimaim", was published yesterday in Toronto Star. See: http://www.verbotomy.com/blog/?p=223. Congratulations to Galwaywegian ~ James
Jabberwocky - 2007-12-03: 06:04:00
love the outfit today - very festive
Thanks Jabberwocky! I loved getting dressed up and lightening my hair for the holidays. ~ James
Thanks to everyone for sending in their cheeriest holiday definitions. And now Santa's elves will to get to work. ~ James
Hey Verbotomists, Sorry for the double replay this morning. I have updated the definition for today as of 7:00am EST. If you created a word for the service definition, you can see it here: That cake is so dry. Thanks for playing! Be creative, James
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James