Verboticism: Decorismasser

DEFINITION: n., A person so enamored with the holidays that they don't just deck their halls and home, but they also decorate their car, their cubicle, their pets, and themselves. v., To obsessively decorate according to seasonal holidays.
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Holidazzler
Created by: mvsmyth
Pronunciation: HOLL-uh-dazz-lerr
Sentence: Jeff didn't realize he had married a holidazzler until it was too late, and now every festive occasion was marked by decorations covering every square inch of their split-level rancher---inside and out!
Etymology: A combination of "holiday", any generally accepted occasion for celebration, and "dazzle", meaning in this case to overpower with a bright and spectacular display.
Infatyuleation
Created by: dubld
Pronunciation: in-fatch-yule-a-shun
Sentence: Her infatyuleation became apparent when she showed up to the office blinking in red and green on the day after Thangskiving.
Etymology: Infatuation + Yule Tide
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-03: 16:02:00
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Festcessive
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fest/ces/sive
Sentence: She is completely over the top and festcessive about the Christmas season.
Etymology: FESTCESSIVE - from - festive + obsessive + excessive
Unbelievabawble
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: unn bee leev a baw bull
Sentence: She was totally unbelievabawble as she jingled all the way to her workgrotto, merrily mincing her buns on her way back from refyuleing at the coffee dock.
Etymology: unbelievable, bauble
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COMMENTS:
Congrats on your 'minimaim' fame. Well deserved! - Stevenson0, 2007-12-03: 12:26:00
I like refyuleing as well - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-03: 13:01:00
Big congrats on getting published Galway! (And I personally know a bun-mincer.) - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-03: 19:20:00
Good on ya for success with "minimaim' - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-04: 16:32:00
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Festinfatuate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: fest-in-FACH-oo-eyt
Sentence: For Bob, festinfatuated with the feriations of the whole world, the year was a 365 red-letter daze.
Etymology: Festinfatuate: Festival, Festoon & Infatuate:inspire with extravagant passion. 2. Feriation: celebrating a holiday (Grambs: "The Endangered English Dictionary.")
Santaclaustricphobia
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: San + ta + closs + trik + PHOE + bya
Sentence: Mildred's Santaclaustricphobia had become so severe that her family, coworkers and neighbors had come to dread the Christmas season.
Etymology: Santa Claus + phobia
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COMMENTS:
well done! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-03: 07:59:00
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Holifanorator
Created by: lelia
Pronunciation: holi-fan-o-rator
Sentence: She is such a holifanorator that she has lost count of all of her decorations!
Etymology:
Holiholic
Created by: pacha
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
Good word! Had a friend for whom Christmas came once a year- but he seemed to celebrated it during 365 days. He had a year -long yearning, I guess, for yuletide! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-04: 16:24:00
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Tinselvate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: tin-suh l-veyt
Sentence: Even before retailers start hawking the Christmas season Merry and her friend Holly begin decking their halls, pets, cars, cubicles and even their outfits. They have been known to wear glass ornaments as earrings and garland like a boa. Like a bedazzler gone mad, Merry will tinselvate a sweater so much that she has to be careful walking in front of a car at night for fear of blinding the driver.
Etymology: tinsel (decorations made of thin strips of shiny metal) + titivate (to make smart or spruce up)
