Verboticism: Tinselvate
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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Jubilackey
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: JOO-buh-LAK-ee
Sentence: For Bob, a jubilackey, and, especially, a yulethrall, festinfatuation, with the feriations of the whole world, continued year-long with 365 red-letter days.
Etymology: Blend of JUBILEE: A season of general celebration, holiday and rejoicing & LACKEY: Slave(slang); disciple, follower
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COMMENTS:
Good one Bob! - emdeejay, 2008-12-09: 22:22:00
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Festcessive
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fest/ces/sive
Sentence: She is completely and totally festcessive about the Christmas season.
Etymology: festive + obcessive + excessive
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - Mustang, 2007-12-03: 17:51:00
Very nice, and good for all holidays. - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-03: 19:03:00
Another great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-04: 16:29:00
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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
Festoonatic
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: fes too nat ik
Sentence: he was such a mad festoonatick he tied some sleigh bells on his duck christmas quackers!
Etymology: festoon, lunatic
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COMMENTS:
Fantastic and funny - silveryaspen, 2008-12-09: 11:06:00
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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
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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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:
Christerical
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kris terry kal
Sentence: if you go Christerical in november yule probably regret it.
Etymology: hysterical, Christmas
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COMMENTS:
Ho Ho Ho - Nosila, 2011-12-12: 23:05:00
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Decoramus
Created by: schoolmarm
Pronunciation: dec/or/A/mus
Sentence: His past follies could have been forgiven, but his coworkers quailed when the resident decoramus showed up on St. Patrick's Day wearing nothing but a four-leaf clover.
Etymology:
Exesterfasation
Created by: frankierio
Pronunciation: X-es-ter-fas-A-shun
Sentence: The exesterfasation of Christmas is now starting even befor Thanksgiving.
Etymology: combining exess and fashion with sensationalism.
