Verboticisms

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)

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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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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: petaj

Pronunciation: wassail

Sentence: Here we go a wassaling, among the deals so keen, and here we come a wandring back home venting spleen. Debt and woe, come to you and to you your wassale too. And God dammit, I've spent way too much again.. and God take me before the bill arrives.

Etymology: wassail + sale

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COMMENTS:

Ain't it great re-lyricking old carols! We should make a CD of New Old Carols with modern words....I can see them now stocked up beside Chia Pets in Walmart! - Nosila, 2008-12-17: 21:40:00

Dingdong merrily lay-by, All round the tills are ringing, Doggone verily we buy, our plastic cards aflinging. Gloria, how's Anna's debt extending? - petaj, 2008-12-18: 05:39:00

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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

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /spen-di-men-shuh/

Sentence: Jamie, like many last-minute holiday shoppers, suffered from an attack of spendementia at the mall and ended up walking around in a daze, making purchases without really thinking about them, like some sort of Visautomaton, until the credit cards were all maxed out.

Etymology: spend (from Latin, expendere "pay out") + dementia (from Latin, démentāre "to deprive of [one's] mind")

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COMMENTS:

we all have to be a little demented to spend the way we do at Christmas! Good word. - silveryaspen, 2007-12-14: 14:29:00

Reminds me -I must start shopping! Another fine word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-14: 15:03:00

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Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: con-soom-pul-shun

Sentence: (sung to The Christmas Song) Visa maxed out on some hopeless bling, Discover's reaching for the max you know it s been said many times many ways, Comesumepulsion's got you now...

Etymology: Consume!/Consumer + (com)pulsion

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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!

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: hälidāz

Sentence: From Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve Julie is in a holidaze, buying more than she can comfortably afford for family and friends. She wanders the mall chanting the mantra of the **don*t want to offend** crowd, **Happy Holidays**, daring not utter the word Christmas. By Christmas Day she is as surprised as the recipients with what she has bought. The trance is finally broken in January when the OMG bills arrive.

Etymology: holiday (a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done) + daze (make someone unable to think or react properly; stupefy; bewilder)

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: mah-stir-cart-blahnch

Sentence: Jeff realized that giving his wife the gold card to buy his grand daughter a Christmas present would get pricey, but he never figured that she'd go all master carte blanche on him and buy up every Hannah Montana item that the stores stocked.

Etymology: Master card: credit card company + carte blanche: indiscretionary power

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COMMENTS:

Hannah is hypnotic...must buy, must buy! - Nosila, 2008-12-17: 21:46:00

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