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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 "relaxed". n., A person who arrives at a party pre-inebriated.
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Festipsy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: festipsē
Sentence: In an attempt to avoid last year's sotluck debacle of a Christmas party, the planners scheduled a brunch soiree. Nonetheless several people still arrived festipsy.
Etymology: festivity (the celebration of something in a joyful and exuberant way) + tipsy (slightly drunk)
Christmellowed
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /kris-mel'-lohd/
Sentence: First I christmellowed with a couple nips of brandy before the holiday party, until I heard minglebells in my head, and that loosened me up enough to impress my boss, and Gail from Marketing, with some funny stories of my Uncle Frank, and then I even did an imitation of my dear uncle every Christmas Eve, right there on the floor.
Etymology: Christmas (Old English, Cristes maesse "Mass of Christ") + mellowed - mildly and pleasantly intoxicated (Old English, mearu. Meaning "slightly drunk" is from 1690.)
Hollyjollyhammered
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: hol-ee-jol-ee-ham-erd
Sentence: Sven got hollyjollyhammered at the party so he didn't have to small talk with his numbskull co-workers.
Etymology: as in have a holly jolly Christmas + hammered (as in drunk)
Socyulebibe
Created by: Edsoteric
Pronunciation: soush-yule-bibe
Sentence: Ordinarily Gary was not much of a tippler but he did socyulebibe to make the rounds of his clients interminable office parties more bearable.
Etymology: social + yule + imbibe
Holidaze
Created by: TTwoo
Pronunciation: Ho-li-dayz
Sentence: I'm gonna get holidazed for your mother's visit.
Etymology: Holiday + Daze
Candyhammered
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kandēhamərd
Sentence: Joe didn*t really mean to show up at the company holiday party woozy. The boss gave him a large box of rum-laced chocolates as a gift and he sampled a few to be polite and then a few more. By party time he was candyhammered.
Etymology: candy (a sweet food made with sugar or syrup combined with fruit, chocolate, or nuts) + hammered (drunk)
Festicated
Created by: nolabrarian
Pronunciation: fest-i-cay-ted
Sentence: Knowing he would be cornered by employees with varying emotional disorders and negligble social skills during the office holiday party, Jim festicated himself at his local bar.
Etymology: festively (holidays) + medicated (booze)
Merrynaded
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: mehr-ree-nayd-ed
Sentence: (True story): My wife and I and a friend attended a champagne tasting, then went home and sampled some single malt scotch and then proceeded to the Christmas party already merrynaded.
Etymology: Merry + (Mari)naded
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-18: 14:12:00
Positively brilliant word! - libertybelle, 2007-12-18: 14:50:00
Sounds like you were on a merry-go-round. Great word, DAVE ! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-18: 16:03:00
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Festoned
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fest-STOND
Sentence: Bryant arrived at the office party and began his celebrations ahead of the crowd and being in great spirit for the Christmas holiday his office mates found him delightfully festoned on the 'punch' when they began arriving.
Etymology: Blend of 'Fest' (festival, holiday) and 'Stoned' (intoxicated or dazed from drugs; high)
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COMMENTS:
Hahah....Good one, Mus! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-19: 00:43:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird Thank you yellowbird ~ James
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