Verboticisms

Created by: ghhshirley

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: Buy her patch

Sentence: The Christmas charge is a spree-ing-loaded time that puts us all through a buyerpatch.

Etymology: BUYER, PATCH, BRIER PATCH. BUYER - any shopper is one. PATCH - a small area of time before Christmas. BRIER PATCH - a patch of thorny wild trailing roses, a deceptive place in that the lovely flowers have thorns that will rip you to shreds as you go get them ... kind of like lovely presents that rip your wallet to shreds as you go get them.

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OOOh. Good one. Spend we must, however. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-12-17: 00:46:00

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Created by: Niktionary

Pronunciation: stoo-pen-r-us

Sentence: Once Max had taken a second loan on the house to send his daughter to Cancun for her Sweet Sixteen with her 19 year old boyfriend, he realized he may have been overly stupenerous

Etymology: Stupid+ generous+ spend

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Created by: nicky

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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: 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)

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: row/bot/tics

Sentence: Sally did her Christmas essay on Roweboughtics, concentrating on the spasmodic reflexes of holiday shoppers as they approached big ticket items like Wiis.

Etymology: robotics (the study of robots) + owe + bought + tics

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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: 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: Nosila

Pronunciation: oh holee nite

Sentence: Oweholynight! The stores are brightly shining, It is the night of getting your money's worth, Long lay those cards in purse and pocket pining, Tills reappear and the soul spent its worth. A thrill of hope the retail world rejoices, For yonder breaks your budget by Mastercard. Fall on your knees! Owe, hear the Visa voices! Owenight divine, Owenight when AmEx was reborn; Owenight divine, Owenight, Owenight Divine.

Etymology: Owe (be in debt, owe money for goods bought) & O Holy Night (Christmas Eve, the night of Jesus' birth, the reason we celebrate Christmas; the title of a Carol announcing the birth of the Savior)

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COMMENTS:

I didn't know you were so musical! Nice job! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-17: 00:47:00

magic!! love it! - galwaywegian, 2008-12-17: 04:06:00

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Created by: dubld

Pronunciation: gilt

Sentence: Full of guilt, he purchased everything everyone wanted.

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