Verboticism: Elfanatic
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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Xmascot
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: eksməskät
Sentence: There might just be elf in Kris*s family tree. She has taken on the role of Xmascot, decorating everything in sight including herself. Starting the day after Thanksgiving, she has an outfit for every day, most involving tinsel and lights. She is devoted to the holiday. Just managing the extension cords is close to a full-time job.
Etymology: Xmas (informal term for Christmas) + mascot (a person or thing that is supposed to bring good luck or that is used to symbolize a particular event or organization)
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)
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:
Christpulsiveness
Created by: IllmaticKD
Pronunciation: Christ'puls'iv'ness
Sentence: A bow on the hood of the car, the cat looks like Santa Claude vomitted, even the sweater she wears ha christmas bulbs hanging from it, this person suffers from Christpulsiveness.
Etymology: noun; Derived from two words. Christmas, and compulsive. Also see: Christpulsive, Christpulsively
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COMMENTS:
KD, put some of your magic into the sentences... I need a laugh!!! - Korinne, 2007-12-06: 00:15:00
Love it! - Korinne, 2007-12-06: 08:45:00
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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.")
Deckaholsic
Created by: nhanusek
Pronunciation: deck a hols ic
Sentence: Anita suffers from deckaholsic. I think she even attends meetings.
Etymology: deck the halls + alcoholic
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COMMENTS:
Nice! Deckaholic would have been good as well. - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-03: 18:57:00
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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.
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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Holiaddict
Created by: gmlehmann
Pronunciation: holly-add-ickt
Sentence: Everything she did was was related to the holidays. She was a real holiaddict.
Etymology: Holiday + Addict or Addiction
