Verboticism: Revoltage
DEFINITION: v., To run out of batteries during the holidays, especially on Christmas morning when all the kids and half the adults are screaming for their new toys. n., A battery or personal energy shortage created by over-consumption.
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Lithargic
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: lith-ar-jick
Sentence: Mum was so lithargic after consuming too many Christmas treats that she couldn't even reach the top shelf to get the spare batteries.
Etymology: lithium + lethargic
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COMMENTS:
excellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-21: 04:42:00
Good one! - toadstool57, 2007-12-21: 07:12:00
very nice petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-21: 08:49:00
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Listlessmess
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: list less mess
Sentence: Adults have more Christmas lists than kids. Kids have one Christmas list-en-up of what they want. Adults have a gift list of what to buy to glisten their kids eyes. A liquor list to glisten other adults eyes. A too-cook list that glistens everyone's eyes. Adults work feverishly to complete their lists. They list up, list in, list do, and eventually expend so much energy as they list down, by Christmas morning they are a listlessmess.
Etymology: LISTLESSNESS - lacking energy. MESS - in a muddle due to a lack of energy.
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COMMENTS:
Oh, so accurate. - Ismelstar, 2008-12-24: 12:32:00
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-24: 15:14:00
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Lacknicad
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: LAK-nih-kad
Sentence: Suddenly realizing that his supply of batteries for toys, clocks and other gifts had run out, Harold suffered a bout of clinical lacknicad depression.
Etymology: Blend of 'lack' (deficiency or absence) and 'nicad', short for nickel cadmium, a type of battery.
Festigue
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fest/teeg
Sentence: Festigue usually sets in about noon on Christmas Eve because of all the shopping and partying the last two weeks. We are all just too tired to enjoy the holiday. We're totally festigued.
Etymology: FESTIGUE - noun - from FESTIVE (something joyous, or merry) + FATIGUE (physical, or mental weariness)
Batolac
Created by: Slevara
Pronunciation: bat-oh-lack
Sentence: Adj. Christmas was cancelled this year due to Santa's batolac attitude. N. Santa is such a batolac! I can't believe we had to cancel Christmas just because he fell asleep while basting the turkey. Adj. I think these batteries are batolac. We need to buy some more.
Etymology: "The batterers of lack" -Originally used to describe the men who carried battering rams when they ran out of energy before reaching their mark. Modern use has transferred use to mean batteries that have run out of energy or a person who has run out of energy before the event they were preparing for.
Debatterized
Created by: sjg4fish
Pronunciation: dee- bat- er -reyesed
Sentence: Unfortunately, things became debatterized just when the kids were getting ready to open their Christmas toys.
Etymology:
Voltlack
Created by: monkeywithamonocle
Pronunciation: Volt-lack
Sentence: To lack (battery) power. On Christmas morning it became apparent as George's toys were opened that we had an extreme case of voltlack. Of all the mornings to have voltlacked this was the worst.
Etymology: Volt (unit of power) - lack
Terminalack
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ter min al lak
Sentence: Anode to Christmas, brings a lump to one's throat, especially when you can raise nary a volt. With North Polarity, comes watt hilarity until there is a disparity of ampage for all. So buy lots of cells, be they double or triple A's, to avoid the hassle of this particular malaise. Erelong your terminalack will pile on assault to go with your battery! Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night!
Etymology: Terminal (a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves;being or situated at an end) & Lack (the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable)
Lithargic
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: le-thar-jick
Sentence: I've been cooking all afternoon and I'm far too lithargic to finish this sent....
Etymology: lethargic (lacking energy) + lithium (metal used in batteries and used to describe that type of battery)
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COMMENTS:
Captures the feeling as well as the definition! Simply Excellent. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-24: 11:17:00
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Electonicrisis
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /ee-lek-tron'-i-kry-sis/
Sentence: With all of the battery-operated toys, gadgets and gizmos Adam had bought for the family this holiday, he had somehow forgotten to purchase batteries, and the ensuing electronicrisis forced him to go out looking for batteries in bulk, despite his hollythargic state.
Etymology: electronic (from Greek ēlektron "amber" & -ic "-like") + crisis (Greek, krísis "decision")
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COMMENTS:
*Science Content Warning* Apparently rubbing amber creates static electrical potential, which is perhaps why the Greeks associated amber with electricity, or at least the unexplained force that attracted feathers, hair and other small objects to the piece of amber. Hmm, I wonder what would happen if you rub amber on a cat... - Tigger, 2007-12-21: 02:46:00
Great week of wordmaking! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-21: 14:54:00
This is a great word, but its a noun. Make it a transitive verb and I'll vote for it. - KelleyToohey, 2007-12-23: 19:48:00
Check the 2nd part of the definition — it asks for a transitive verb -or- a noun. - Tigger, 2007-12-30: 23:33:00
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