Verboticism: Garleaned
DEFINITION: n., A Christmas tree, ornament or caroler that, no matter how it is tied, tethered and tilted, refuses to stay upright. v., To be so full of Christmas cheer that you simply sparkle, twinkle and tip over.
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Noelegance
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: noh-al-ah-gernss
Sentence: when uncle jake fell over half way through 'silent night' and three quarters of the way through a barrel of egg nog, it was the first noelegance of the season
Etymology: noel, no elegance
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COMMENTS:
HA! Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-10: 04:50:00
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Tiltitis
Created by: mamamia
Pronunciation: til-ti-tis
Sentence: After countless attempts to get the xmas tree to stand upright, Kevin then realized he had been sold a tree that suffered from tiltitis.
Etymology: tilt-derived from the word tilt(having its original meaning) and itis usually you can find at the end of certain medical conditions.
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COMMENTS:
Damn, i hope this makes it to the b! - mamamia, 2008-12-15: 19:36:00
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Fallallallallall
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: fall/all/all/all/all
Sentence: It was a Christmas tradition for the carolers to carry heavily spiked eggnog to ward off the chill winds and heavy snow but by the time they got half way through their route the chorus of deck the halls seemed most appropriate as they fallallallallalled into a deep snowdrift.
Etymology: fall all + Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la.
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COMMENTS:
Heh heh...been there and done that. Excellent work - Mustang, 2008-12-15: 08:37:00
Creatively funny! My second vote for today goes to you! - logarithm, 2008-12-15: 09:36:00
Love it. Very funny - artr, 2008-12-15: 13:26:00
It's catchy, too. The alliteration is kinda drunken sounding. - Ismelstar, 2008-12-16: 00:07:00
Terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-17: 04:05:00
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Ornapisa
Created by: Korinne
Pronunciation: Orna-pee-sa
Sentence: Helen was frustrated because the normally upright tree ornaments now looked like ornapisas.
Etymology: Ornaments + Leaning Tower of Pisa
Yuletiedoneon
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: YOOL TIDE wun on
Sentence: Apparently for Hannah Kah, the Christmas party had already started well before the other guests had even arrived. She had really yuletiedoneon and was wandering through the neighborhood loudly singing Christmas carols, even though she's Jewish! I guess one could say she really had the Christmas spirits....
Etymology: Yuletide + tie one on (to drink with the intention of becoming intoxicated)
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COMMENTS:
cute - Nosila, 2009-12-18: 01:19:00
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Topsyfirtree
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Top-see-furr-tree
Sentence: It as the same every year, as soon as the last bauble was hung on the branch the whole thing went topsyfirtree. Julia decided next year she would forget the tree and decorate the cactus instead.
Etymology: Play on topsyturvy(a word used to describe something that leans or topples
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-15: 11:43:00
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Treerectiledysfunction
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: tree-rek-tile-dis-funk-shun
Sentence: The large crash we heard in the middle of the night could only mean one of two things - either Rudolph had tripped over the satellite dish, or our Scotch Pine suffered from treerectiledysfunction.
Etymology: a tree in need of Viagra
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COMMENTS:
Good one, Purps! I tried to go down this path, but found it too difficult! Flaccid Navidad to you! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-10: 04:56:00
Thank you, Ozzie. Same to you! Er... maybe not. - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-10: 07:03:00
ho ho ho - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-10: 11:48:00
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Rumatumdum
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation: rum-a-tum-dum
Sentence: He looks rumatumdum keep him away from the eggnog or nothing will stand strait in this house.
Etymology:
Cheerlapidated
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: cheer lappy dated
Sentence: Try as they might, Jenny and James could not get the old tree to stand upright. It had seen them through many a festive season, but it was time to retire the cheerlapidated old thing.
Etymology: Cheer: as in, Christmas Cheer. Delapidated: run down, worn out, etc.
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COMMENTS:
Beauty Newk. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-17: 04:07:00
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Christmascareeling
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: CHRIS-muhs-care-ee-ling
Sentence: Nicholas was full of good cheer, filled with Christmas dinner and so bubbly from so much spiked egg nog that he spent most of the evening Christmascareeling and staggering about while all those about him were merely singing and laughing.
Etymology: Blend of Christmas, Caroling, and Reeling (To stagger, lurch, or sway, as from drunkenness)
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COMMENTS:
there were a few of those at our office Christmas party - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-15: 11:40:00
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