Verboticism: Zombuying
DEFINITION: n., The wondrous, and the "wonder how I'm going to pay for it" feelings of the holiday shopping season. v., To stumble through a shopping mall like a zombie on a buying binge, grabbing anything and everything that will fit on your credit card.
Zombuying
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: zämbīng
Sentence: There’s nothing like celebrating the birth of the Jesus by wondering about the mall acting like the undead — bouncing from store to store zombuying whatever comes within range. Will they come back to painful life when the bills come due? Of corpse!
Etymology: zombie (a soulless corpse said to be revived by witchcraft) + buying (obtain in exchange for payment)
Points: 596