Verboticism: Holidaisical
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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Yuletired
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: yool-tie-erd
Sentence: At the end of it all i was so yuletired i could hardly speak
Etymology: tired, yuletide
Wattsup
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: WOTZ-up
Sentence: Within minutes of opening their electronics Christmas gifts, Bob's grand-children were asking: "Where's the batteries. But Bob, with not so much as a "whats-up," continued to search until, without success and wattigued, he entered a state of wattsup.
Etymology: Blend of WATTS: units of electrical power; 2. energy in general. 3 brainpower & UP: out off, to burn up, use up, end, WATTIGUE: watt & fatigue.
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-21: 08:47:00
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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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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.
Holidaisical
Created by: Maxine
Pronunciation: haw li 'day zi kuhl
Sentence: After decorating the house, wrapping the presents, and baking the Christmas ham, Pam was feeling quite holidaisical.
Etymology: holiday + lackadaisical
Xmashausted
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ex-mas-aus-ted
Sentence: By 10:00pm Christmas Eve my energy supply was totally xmashausted along with my batteries, cookies, dip and my happy holiday feeling, and I was ready to toss everyone out of the house so I could go to bed.
Etymology: xmas: shortened form of the word Christmas often mispronounsed as ex-mas + exhausted: to wear out completely; to drain resourses
Notivation
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: noh-tuh-vey-shuhn
Sentence: After a full day of wrapping presents and cooking the ham, Wendy had notivation to participate in the festivities.
Etymology: No: not a (used before a noun to convey the opposite of the noun's meaning) + Motivation: the state or condition of being motivated.
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COMMENTS:
noun.... - KelleyToohey, 2007-12-23: 19:57:00
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Batterestitue
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: bah-ter-ess-ti-toot
Sentence: Triple AAA's and Quadruple AAAA's ran down so fast this Christmas past, I went batterestitute!
Etymology: a combo of batteries and destitue ... batterestitute
Noelosingit
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nōeloōzngit
Sentence: Joanne didn’t know she was noelosingit until Christmas morning when she couldn’t find the turkey planned for that night’s dinner. It was only then that she realized that, in a wrapping frenzy on Christmas Eve she had wrapped the turkey, 2 cans of cranberry sauce and 5 pounds of potatoes. As she quietly unwrapped her erroneous gifts she wondered if the images of Santa that had bled through the wrapping paper would remain after the baking.
Etymology: Noel (Christmas) + losing it (having things get out of hand, going slightly nuts)
