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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.
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Cheerdiction
Created by: Ismelstar
Pronunciation: [cheer-dik-shuhn]
Sentence: I realized I had a problem after my third hour in the shopping mall. I hadn't eaten, I hadn't slept and I was dressed in the same velour track suit I had worn the day before. My cheerdiction was out of control. I didn't want to leave, I didn't want to stay, and I knew I had a problem, but the cheerdiction kept me going. I could buy one more present, the perfect present, the sparkliest, most flawless, joy inducing present I had ever given.
Etymology: From "cheer" meaning to gladden or cause joy to and "addiction" meaning the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.
Splurgia
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Splurge-e-ah
Sentence: Alphonso's new credit card was burning a big hole in his pocket. The urge to splurge was making him twitch. The only release from this afflueagony was to let loose and succumb to the fits of splurgia that had become his only source of happiness.
Etymology: Splurge + mania
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COMMENTS:
perfect, sounds like a medical condition - Niktionary, 2007-12-14: 13:34:00
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Plastickorgy
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: plas-tik-AWR-jee
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' in a plastickorgy of buying "happiness" for kith and kin alike.
Etymology: Blend of PLASTIC: a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered; "do you take plastic?" [syn: credit card, plastic] TICK: , n. [Abbrev. from ticket.] Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick. To go on trust, or credit. & ORGY: any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" [syn: orgy, binge, splurge]
Generiousity
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: jen err eye owe you sitee
Sentence: by about 3.00pm on the 20th of december, his generousity became generiousity
Etymology: generousity. IOU
Xboxmas
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: eksbäksməs
Sentence: "Wii want an Xbox, wii want an Xbox". The chorus echoed in Tim's head as he lurched from one store to another trying to find the elusive prize. Not only did he need to find the game console but games that the twins could manage. The twins were barely old enough to understand what they were asking for but they had seen the commercial and that was that. Merry Xboxmas!
Etymology: Xbox (a game console) + Xmas (informal term for Christmas)
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COMMENTS:
Great word and all too frequent story. - Nosila, 2008-12-17: 21:42:00
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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)
Owehoho
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: o ho ho
Sentence: Twas the day before Christmas and all through the malls, the shopper's were frantic, lugging their hauls. The credit cards were rung by the cashiers with care, in the hopes that their limits could large totals bear. The children were wrestled to await jolly St.Nick, to tell their fond wishes and get a peppermint stick. But we heard him exclaim, as he punched out for his shift, you will owehoho a lot of interest on each last-minute gift!
Etymology: Owe (be in debt to) & Ho Ho Ho (Santa's catch phrase jolly laughter)
Letusowe
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: let us o
Sentence: Oh, the Crowds in the Mall are frightful,but the sales are so delightful. And since we have one week to go, letusowe, letusowe, letusowe. It doesn't show signs of stopping, And I've bought my cards for shopping, My limits are now way down low, letusowe, letusowe, letusowe! When we finally kiss goodnight, How I'll have hated going out in the store! When I get my bill I'll turn white, And hope that I don't lose the farm. The shoppers are slowly dying, And, for credit we're still applying, But as long as you love me so, letusowe, letusowe, letusowe!
Etymology: Play on "Let it Snow"...Christmas Song (apologies to Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne)...owe (to be in debt)
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)
Zombuying
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: zämbīng
Sentence: There’s nothing like celebrating the birth of the Jesus by wondering about the mall acting like the undead — bouncing from store to store zombuying whatever comes within range. Will they come back to painful life when the bills come due? Of corpse!
Etymology: zombie (a soulless corpse said to be revived by witchcraft) + buying (obtain in exchange for payment)
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