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'Must buy presents.'

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.

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Shopperdrone

Created by: ghhshirley

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Grabbling

Created by: bananabender

Pronunciation: grab-bling

Sentence: When Marla opened her present to find a Santa-shaped lava lamp complete with flashing stars, she knew that Wendy had been grabbling again.

Etymology: grab + bling

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Clausquander

Created by: Lingoism

Pronunciation: Clau-skwon-der

Sentence: Jenny had to go to rehab after the Christmas holidays to cure herself from the Clausquander syndrome after effects.

Etymology: Claus - Santa Claus Squander - to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully

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Felizombiebought

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: fay-lee-zom-bee-bot

Sentence: The stresstivities of the holidays proved too much for Jose, and he slipped into felizombiebought, ignoring price tags and purchasing totally inappropriate gift items for his loved ones.

Etymology: Feliz Navidad, zombie bought

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COMMENTS:

Great word!! Wish I'd thought of it. - Mustang, 2007-12-14: 07:51:00

'I want to wish you a Merry Christmas - I want to wish you a Merry Christmas - I want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my wallet' - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-14: 10:47:00

Very clever - nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-14: 15:05:00

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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...)

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Christmaxedout

Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: kris-mākst-out

Sentence: I christmaxedout my Master Card and I am not done shopping. Now I'll have to use my Visa.

Etymology: Christmas: The annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus. + Maxed: To reach one's limit. + Out: finished; ended.

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Ghoulcarding

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: gool/card/ing

Sentence: On Christmas Eve the malls are filled with people ghoulcarding, buying anything and everything in sight and willing to kill and eat flesh for it.

Etymology: GHOULCARDING from - GOLD CARD (a credit card with a high credit rating and with the privilege of being eaten alive by the interest rates) + GHOUL (an evil spirit, or demon in folklore believed to plunder malls and feed on Christmas shoppers)

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Ghoulcarding

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: gool/card/ing

Sentence: On Christmas Eve the the malls are filled with people ghoulcarding, buying anything and everything in sight and willing to kill for it.

Etymology: ghoul (a possessed evil spirit, or demon) + gold card

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ghoulopogos word - Nosila, 2009-12-19: 01:54:00

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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. *

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Oweoweowe

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: o o o

Sentence: T'was the day before Christmas and all thru the Mall, no one paid cash, no one at all. The charge cards were melting from the friction of swipe and shoppers all wondered how they'd survive all the hype. Santa was laughing, his cheeks very merry. He told all the shoppers oweoweowe, Christmas debt is scary!

Etymology: Owe (be indebted to;be in debt) & Ho Ho Ho (Santa's trademark laugh;"Ho ho ho" is a rendition of a particular type of deep-throated laugh or chuckle which is of Gaelic (Irish language) derivation)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-12-14: 01:55:00
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen Thank you silveryaspen ~ James

silveryaspen - 2007-12-14: 14:44:00
Liked all the words!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-12-17: 01:26:00
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!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-12-18: 00:00:00
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James