Verboticism: Fesquinoxaphrenic
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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Ornamaniac
Created by: kragn
Pronunciation: orn-a-MAY-nee-ack
Sentence: Debbie's an ornamaniac -- she's got a couple of strands of Christmas lights in her purse for unexpected decorating opportunities.
Etymology: ornament + maniac
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.
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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Deckadent
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dek a dent
Sentence: Merry Yule is a self-proclaimed deckadent. She starts gathering her Christmas Kitsch in October and by December her home,vehicle,office, pets and person are covered in greens & reds, candy canes, bells and holly. When she looks for a new home, the first thing she asks is, "Where can I put the Christmas Tree?" She gets so excited waiting for Santa, no one has the heart to tell her he's not real...
Etymology: Decadent (a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically); marked by excessive self-indulgence)& & Decorate (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)& Deck (to decorate;to be beautiful to look at)
Crazedecorer
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: krazed-decor-er
Sentence: Karmelina was a crazedecorer when it came to the holidays. She had a tacky outfit for each occasion.
Etymology: Crazed-to make insane or as if insane. Part of Decoration- something that adorns, enriches, or beautifies.
Ornamenomania
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: awr-nuh-men-no-mey-nee-uh
Sentence: My sister is suffering from ornamenomania, she redecorates every room for each holiday.
Etymology: ornament - to furnish with ornaments. + Monomania - an inordinate or obsessive zeal for or interest in a single thing, idea, subject, or the like.
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.
Psyclaustic
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: sigh + claws + tic
Sentence: My mom has over 152 Santa Claus figurines of one sort or another, and drags them out every Christmas - I guess you could say she's psyclaustic.
Etymology: psychotic + claus
Jinglehells
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: Jingle hells
Sentence: On my way to work, Just a normal day. Here we go again... Trinkets in the way! Ditsy colleagues hang, Tinsel by the score. Don't they realise we are not children anymore? OH! ...
Etymology: Jingle Bells. Everyone sing along!
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COMMENTS:
you have a touch of the bah humbugs there! - petaj, 2008-12-10: 05:50:00
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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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