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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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Roweboughtics
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
Trancepurchasing
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: trance-pur-chasing
Sentence: There she was, mulling through the mall trancepurchasing again.
Etymology: trance (zombie like state) Purchase (buy)
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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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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Masflu
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!
Etymology:
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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Splurjesus
Created by: Maxine
Pronunciation: splur 'jee zus
Sentence: In one day, Peter splurjesused $1500 on gifts. And why wouldn't he? As a Christian, it's his duty to spend as much as possible during the holiday season.
Etymology: A portmanteau of 'splurge' and 'Jesus'; the connotation of frightening abnormality from 'bejesus'
Peeadly
Created by: Tamra
Pronunciation: Pee ADD-ly
Sentence: When I locked my keys in my car I was stranded and with no restrooms nearby I had a sudden feeling of peeadly.
Etymology: the sudden feeling of the need to urinate. The feeling one gets when they feel they can no longer 'hold it'
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
Obligiftion
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: ob lih GIF shun
Sentence: I love that feeling of obligiftion that holidays and birthdays engender. (Not.) There's nothing like spending money on someone you don't really like so that he/she doesn't talk negatively about you to other friends or relatives. It is a joy that is only exceeded by the thoughtful, useful, and attractive (not) gift that said person in turn gives you through his/her own sense of duty and obligiftion, and then expects to see displayed in your house when he/she visits.
Etymology: obligation + gift
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COMMENTS:
obligreatword! - Nosila, 2009-12-19: 01:53:00
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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