Verboticism: Yuleogize
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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Jinglejerk
Created by: Mindy1955
Pronunciation: 'jiŋ-gel-'jerk
Sentence: Christmas decorations a week before Thanksgiving, what a jinglejerk.
Etymology: Middle English direct result of the excesses of the 1970's
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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Obsessorate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ob-SESS-ohr-ayt
Sentence: Once again, Glendora showed her extreme holiday spirit and went on a crusade to obssesorate everything including phones, the john, and every window in her home, the same in her office and even hung ornaments in the interior of her car.
Etymology: Blend of 'obssess' (to engage in obsessive thinking : become obsessed with an idea) and 'decorate' (to furnish with something ornamental )
Holiholic
Created by: pacha
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
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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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Decophile
Created by: robohamster
Pronunciation: deck o file
Sentence: "I can't believe Susan decorated the toilet this year." "I know, she's a total decophile."
Etymology: pedophile decorate
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)
Decorobsessivitis
Created by: mzscarlet
Pronunciation: dekor-obsessi-vitis
Sentence: Because of her decorobsessivitis, Susie looks like a clown most of the time, changing clothes and accessories to match every imaginable holiday.
Etymology:
Domindecorate
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: dom-inn-deck-or-ate
Sentence: He could barely move when he walked into the house. She domindecorated so much so that the walls, floors and ceiling where completely covered with Yuletide "kitsch", it was like a Christmas padded cell.
Etymology: dominate (to permeate or to occupy a commanding or elevated position) + decorate (to furnish or adorn with something ornamental)
Elfanatic
Created by: CEE1ESS
Pronunciation: elf-an-atic
Sentence: She was elfanatic about the holidays, decorating everything in sight.
Etymology: based on the words elf and fanatic
Trimeister
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: trim - my - ster
Sentence: Arnold particularly enjoyed the last third of the year. This was the time when he drew up his plans, sourced his decorations and finally garlanded, lit, trimmed and festooned all his hangouts.
Etymology: trim (decorate) + meister (master) + trimester (third term)
