Verboticisms

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: ew-burr-PLAS-tiss-ee-tee

Sentence: Roxie never put off till tomorrow buying what she could buy today. And she was never so happy than at Christmas time, when her uberplasticity 'maxed out' buying "happiness" for kith and kin.

Etymology: Combination of "UBER" in recent coinages extreme, over the top & beyond the norm + PLASTIC: "the plastic" slang term for a credit card + -ITY: state or condition. *

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Created by: ckstreet

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Toms scroogaphobia kept him at the mall getting last minute presents.

Etymology: Scrooge + phobia

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COMMENTS:

tis the season to be thankful for the gift we all recieved. - ckstreet, 2007-12-14: 11:52:00

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Created by: nicky

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I go to the mall around Christmas and trancspend till my wife calls and says its time to come home.

Etymology: trance, spend

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Created by: spickaspanner

Pronunciation: Mus-floo

Sentence: I have to buy 100000000 presents for Christmas at teh last minute. Ahh i think i'm getting Masflu!

Etymology:

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Created by: Tamra

Pronunciation: Pee ADD-ly

Sentence: When I locked my keys in my car I was stranded and with no restrooms nearby I had a sudden feeling of peeadly.

Etymology: the sudden feeling of the need to urinate. The feeling one gets when they feel they can no longer 'hold it'

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: Chribinger: Kri-binj-her

Sentence: There were so many Chribingers in the mall, that Master Card chuckled in glee!

Etymology: Chri for Christmas and cringe ... and binge ... for shopping binge ... er for her

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Mez - mer - yool - eyezed

Sentence: Delbert and Glenda had become completely mesmeryuleized in their need to try to please so many people.

Etymology: Mesmerized + yule

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: yes/master/cardia

Sentence: 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: yes master + master card

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COMMENTS:

kudos - bzav1, 2007-12-14: 07:40:00

...followed by mastercardial infarction when ya get the bill in January. Good word Jabber. - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-14: 08:58:00

Another great word and week! We all say yes master to you in unison. - Stevenson0, 2007-12-14: 12:41:00

or 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! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-14: 14:09:00

Bravo: another great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-14: 15:01:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: inn add veez ab ill

Sentence: It was inadvisabill to try to do all one's christmas shopping in Cartier, after the child could choke on those rocks, but that the heck, it was christmas

Etymology: inadvisable, visa bill

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COMMENTS:

My excuse would be that the Visa-bility was obscured by the glare. great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-14: 10:50:00

very clever incorporation of Visa! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-14: 14:19:00

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Created by: Maxine

Pronunciation: splur 'jee zus

Sentence: In one day, Peter splurjesused $1500 on gifts. And why wouldn't he? As a Christian, it's his duty to spend as much as possible during the holiday season.

Etymology: A portmanteau of 'splurge' and 'Jesus'; the connotation of frightening abnormality from 'bejesus'

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