Verboticism: Decorosessive
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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Compulsifester
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: com-pul-si-fes-ter
Sentence: Jill was such a compulsifester, she wore a wreath around her neck for two weeks before Christmas.
Etymology: compul (compulsive) fester (festivities)
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.")
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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Festidious
Created by: teriaki
Pronunciation: fe-STID-ee-uhs
Sentence: She went about the house hanging each ornament with festidious care.
Etymology: L. festus (festival) + L. taedium (wearisome or tedious state)
Holiditiot
Created by: SlappyDaClown
Pronunciation: HOL-i-dit-iot
Sentence: WOW ! Shes a real Holiditiot.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Funny! - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-03: 19:00:00
I'm adding this one to my personal vocabulary and will use it to tease my "Holiditiot" friends! - snekorb, 2007-12-03: 23:49:00
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Noelitist
Created by: hendrixius
Pronunciation: /noe-well-lee-tist/
Sentence: This noelitist jerk just spent an hour informing me of the history of Saint Nick - I mean, come on, I have a Labor Day picnic to get to...
Etymology: "noel" and "elitist"
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-03: 15:59:00
Good one! - Tigger, 2007-12-03: 21:14:00
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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.
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!
Deckerotomaniac
Created by: Buzzardbilly
Pronunciation: dek-i-roh-tuh-mey-nee-ak
Sentence: Christmas my foot, she's a deckerotomaniac for any holiday from the rabbit ears she attached to her car at Easter down to the doughboy uniform she wore for Armistice Day.
Etymology: deck (to adorn people or rooms, also invokes the movie "Deck the Halls" about overdecorating) + erotomaniac (abnormally strong sexual desire because deckerotomaniacs clearly get off on decorating)
