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DEFINITION: n., The wondrous, and the "wonder how I'm going to pay for it" feelings of the holiday shopping season. v., 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
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Buyemic
Created by: mygirlboo
Pronunciation: Buy-emic
Sentence: Did you hear about Kathy? She became buyemic during the holidays.
Etymology: Buy + Bulimic
Spendmanium
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: spen-da-main-ee-um
Sentence: He was locked into a state of spendmanium as he entered the mall.
Etymology: spend + manium
Santasmerized
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: san-TAZ-mer-izd
Sentence: Once again the Christmas spirit had Leon absolutely Santasmerized, feeling the need to please everyone with lavish gifts, he seemed to be in a stupor and he was putting thousands of dollars he could ill afford on his credit card.
Etymology: Blend of 'Santa' and 'mesmerized' (Spellbound or enthralled. Hypnotized)
Noelosis
Created by: jmotsch
Pronunciation: no el oh sis
Sentence: Jeb was suffering from a bad case of noelosis of the giver.
Etymology:
Roboshop
Created by: chaiandallthatjazz
Pronunciation: sounds like robot without the t, plus shop
Sentence: Suzie's roboshopping today...I wouldn't say she's a grinch..you don't necessarily have to be a grinch to roboshop, but stay out of her way when she gets home or better yet give her a big glass of eggnog and let her sweeten up a bit.
Etymology: verb derived from robot and shop
Wiispreestings
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: wee - spree - stings
Sentence: Everyone in Stan's family wanted a Wii game system. As he went from store to store trying to find them, he realized that they were in short supply and cost $250.00 each. After that, he found he needed to add controllers and games in order to make them "playable". He was laying out $500.00 for each person and putting extreme mileage on his car, not to mention the time he was spending. As he tried to stay in a festive mood, he started to sing Carols as he drove all over the city. One of his new favorites became "This Wiispreestings, all day in my car, buying gifts, I travel afar. Sears and Nordstom, Best Buy and Walmart followed by the nearest bar."
Etymology: Wii (Nintendo Wii, popular video game system) Spree (engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping) Stings (cause sharp or stinging pains or discomfort)
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COMMENTS:
Wii are the Champions, my friend! Great Word and Rendition! - Nosila, 2008-12-17: 21:37:00
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Oweoweowe
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: oh oh oh
Sentence: Going into her usual mall trance and buying whatever caught her eye for gifts, Carol's motto was "buy now, pay later, hope there's room left on the card". She was sure the mall Santa had boomed out "oweoweowe" to her as she sleptwalked past him.
Etymology: Owe (be in debt) & Ho Ho Ho (what Santa says...)
Uberplasticity
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. *
Zombuy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: zom-bahy
Sentence: Marsha stumbled from one store at the mall to another zombuying presents for all her family members knowing full well that she would be eating Ramen noodles for her dinners, at least, until March.
Etymology: zombie (the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some evil purpose) + buy (purchase)
Scroogaphobia
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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen Thank you silveryaspen ~ James
silveryaspen - 2007-12-14: 14:44:00
Liked all the words!
Thank you silveryaspen for the great idea ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-12-17: 19:12:00
Into the valley of malls, went the $5 hundreds ... It was the light of the charge brigade!
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James