Verboticism: Noelitist
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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Decwhorator
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: DEK-hor-ay-ter
Sentence: My friend, Wendy, is such a decwhorator that she has an entire month's worth of festive sweat shirts and sweaters. The one with Snoopy carrying the plate of cookies is cute, but the snow scene sweat shirt with a little stuffed kid tacked on to a spot where he appears to be sledding down Mt. Mammary, well, I think it's slightly obscene.
Etymology: decorator, whore (an obsessed person)
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COMMENTS:
Very funny. Amusing reference to that 'sledding' location too... - Tigger, 2007-12-03: 21:13:00
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Hollytosis
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: holl-lee-toe-sis
Sentence: Mitch didn't realize the level of Bonnie's hollytosis until he saw that the cats had been dyed red and green and that the refrigerator had been wrapped in tinsel.
Etymology: holly + halitosis... it's monday - my brain's not totally warmed up yet.
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-03: 13:03:00
Clever! - Tigger, 2007-12-03: 21:17:00
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Festcessive
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fest/ces/sive
Sentence: Sylvia took the Christmas carol 'Deck the Halls' and its meaning to the extreme, decorating anything and everything. She is completely and totally festcessive about the Christmas season.
Etymology: festive + obcessive + excessive
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COMMENTS:
success-ive - Nosila, 2009-12-14: 16:15:00
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Decorcessive
Created by: dusterbug
Pronunciation: de-cor-sessive
Sentence: don't you think you are going a little decorcessively this year?
Etymology: decorate + exsessive
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - Mustang, 2007-12-03: 17:57:00
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Fesquinoxaphrenic
Created by: MichaelCampbellUK
Pronunciation: fes-kwe-nox-a-fre-nic
Sentence: Ursula's fesquinoxaphrenia drove her like some crazed clockwork squirrel to stockpile the seasons baubles.
Etymology: Fes- (from festive) -quinox (from equinox, a seasonal event) -aphrenia (hebaphrenia, mental illness characterised by extreme hoarding). See 'fesquinoxafrenic' N.
Preposterxmas
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pripästəreksməs
Sentence: Holly's approach to the holidays is truly preopsterxmas. It was bad enough last year when she started wearing a string of lights and couldn't leave her cubicle without trailing extension cords behind her but this year she is festooned with sprigs of holly and ornaments. She is a hazard to be around.
Etymology: preposterous (utterly absurd or ridiculous)+ Xmas (informal term for Christmas)
Decorismasser
Created by: celtiklass
Pronunciation: Decôr-ris-massûr -n.
Sentence: One who decorates anything and everything including themselves with tacky Christmas decorations! Gives new meaning to a little goes a long way!
Etymology: Originated during the tacky 80's. Every town has one!
Addection
Created by: sanssouci
Pronunciation: ah deck shone
Sentence: "I did not want to seek help for my addection because it did not feel like a problem. Christmas was such a wondeful time of year so what if people thought I was way too obsessed with geting the christmas decs up everywhere! "
Etymology: combination of addiction and decoration Addiction - 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. Decoration - The act, process, technique, or art of decorating.
Jingolo
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: jing - oh - low
Sentence: Stuart had turned into a complete jingolo. There were holiday bells of all sorts everywhere....both at work and at home. He just couldn't stop hanging them as he was sooo into the spirit this year. They were hanging from the doors, halls, walls, cubicles, phones, file cabinets, bathroom fixtures, refrigerator and copy machine....and those were just some of the ones he had adorned the workplace with!
Etymology: Jingle (from jingle bells) Gigolo (a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained).... In combination, unrestrained jingle bells
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COMMENTS:
Exceptional. A real bellringer that is a-pealing. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-09: 12:13:00
I'm just a jingolo and everywhere I go, I spread joy and mistletoe...cute word - Nosila, 2008-12-09: 23:18:00
good one - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-13: 16:13:00
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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)
