Verboticism: Wreathflex
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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Adornorate
Created by: jajsr
Pronunciation: Ah-dor-nor-rate
Sentence: Filled with all kinds of holiday cheer, Liz would adornorate anything she came in contact with.
Etymology: Combination of Adorn plus orate (from decorate).
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)
Infatyuleation
Created by: dubld
Pronunciation: in-fatch-yule-a-shun
Sentence: Her infatyuleation became apparent when she showed up to the office blinking in red and green on the day after Thangskiving.
Etymology: Infatuation + Yule Tide
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-03: 16:02:00
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Obsessorate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ob-SESS-ohr-ayt
Sentence: Once again, Glendora showed her extreme holiday spirit and went on a crusade to obssesorate everything including phones, the john, and every window in her home, the same in her office and even hung ornaments in the interior of her car.
Etymology: Blend of 'obssess' (to engage in obsessive thinking : become obsessed with an idea) and 'decorate' (to furnish with something ornamental )
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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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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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.
Yuleogize
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: yool o jiyze
Sentence: Holly Berry and Carol Sing took the Christmas Season very seriously at work. Just as soon as the Halloween decorations had been removed, they decked their cubicles and all other areas of the office with Christmas lights, mistletoe, garlands, Nativity scenes and various decorations. Every year they would buy more to add to their collections. They also decked themselves in Christmas jewellery, attire and headgear. Visitors were agog at their efforts. Little or no real work was done during this time, although the two elves kept themselves working at a fever pitch to achieve the feeling of Christmas. One year they overdid it and expired. Holly Berry was buried and Carol Sing sung her last song. Their boss, Ebenezer McManager did break down and yuleogize them for their spirit and enthusiasm at all things Christmas. People finally appreciated what those girls had done each year for them. In their honor thereafter, he ordered the decorations to stay up year-round so that their spirits would remind the employees of that Christmas feeling.
Etymology: Yule (Christmas Season, Dec.24-Jan.06;also pagan Winter Season Holidays)& Eulogize (praise formally and eloquently)
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
