Verboticism: Celleighride
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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Lacknicad
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: LAK-nih-kad
Sentence: Suddenly realizing that his supply of batteries for toys, clocks and other gifts had run out, Lionel suffered a bout of clinical lacknicad depression.
Etymology: Blend of lack, and nicad, short for nickel cadmium, a type of battery.
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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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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Straindeer
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: strayn-dear
Sentence: Thomas was fraught by the demands of cooking Christmas dinner for eight in a shoebox sized oven. He reached for another eggnog. In reply to his girlfriend's arched eyebrow, he angrily told her 'I'm feeling the straindeer, OK?!'
Etymology: strain + reindeer
Denergized
Created by: alanmilner
Pronunciation: as it reads
Sentence: I tried to demonstrate the new product, but all of my batteries had been denergized.
Etymology: denergized is a contraction of de-energized, and plays off the energizer battery campaign.
Debatterized
Created by: sjg4fish
Pronunciation: dee- bat- er -reyesed
Sentence: Unfortunately, things became debatterized just when the kids were getting ready to open their Christmas toys.
Etymology:
Assaultonbatteries
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: ah SULT on BAT a reez
Sentence: Damn this Christmas morning thing is just an assaultonbatteries and nothing will work until I can get to the store to get the missing components.
Etymology: ASSAULT: attack BATTERIES: providing energy play on 'assault and battery'
Festigue
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fest/teeg
Sentence: Festigue usually sets in about noon on Christmas Eve because of all the shopping and partying the last two weeks. I'm just too tired to enjoy the holiday.
Etymology: festive + fatigue
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-21: 08:45:00
Very nice! - Tigger, 2007-12-21: 13:23:00
Another excellent word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-21: 14:51:00
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Stamino
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: stam-uh-noh
Sentence: She thought she had more stamina this year, but it quickly became clear to her that this was a case of stamino. She sat there envying all the new gadgets charging up their batteries and wished that someone would soon invent a battery charger for humans - nevermind that's what spas are for, and alcohol.
Etymology: stamina (the power to endure fatigue, having great strength) + no (negative, not)
