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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.
Verboticisms
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Holidazzler
Created by: mvsmyth
Pronunciation: HOLL-uh-dazz-lerr
Sentence: Jeff didn't realize he had married a holidazzler until it was too late, and now every festive occasion was marked by decorations covering every square inch of their split-level rancher---inside and out!
Etymology: A combination of "holiday", any generally accepted occasion for celebration, and "dazzle", meaning in this case to overpower with a bright and spectacular display.
Holifanorator
Created by: lelia
Pronunciation: holi-fan-o-rator
Sentence: She is such a holifanorator that she has lost count of all of her decorations!
Etymology:
Deckadent
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dek a dent
Sentence: Merry Yule is a self-proclaimed deckadent. She starts gathering her Christmas Kitsch in October and by December her home,vehicle,office, pets and person are covered in greens & reds, candy canes, bells and holly. When she looks for a new home, the first thing she asks is, "Where can I put the Christmas Tree?" She gets so excited waiting for Santa, no one has the heart to tell her he's not real...
Etymology: Decadent (a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically); marked by excessive self-indulgence)& & Decorate (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)& Deck (to decorate;to be beautiful to look at)
Hollycost
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: haw lee kost
Sentence: Holly Kost did it every year. From the minute Halloween ended, she started to decorate everything in her world with Christmas decorations. We are talking every inch inside and out of her yard, house, garage, car, plus her entire floor at work, her kids, her dog & cat, her spouse and herself. Every year she spent more and more money on new treasures. When she grudgingly took down her Christmas excess, just before Valentine's Day, she realized that she no longer had enough room to store away all her stuff at home. It was then that she decided to rent a big storage unit and pile everything into it. Sure, it was expensive, but so worth it, because she could also buy more stuff next year. Her hubby shook his head sadly, my wife is a YuleFool, she knows Noelimits, she's a Mistletroll, she knows Snowboundaries, she's a FiggyPudding, I think she hit herself on the old EggNoggin a long time ago and maybe we should put her in a Santatarium. Each year Holly Kost hollycost him more and more!
Etymology: Holly (Decorative Christmas plant with red berries) & Cost (the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor)& Holocaust (an act of great destruction/loss)
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COMMENTS:
Spectacular! - emdeejay, 2008-12-09: 22:16:00
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Jinglehells
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: Jingle hells
Sentence: On my way to work, Just a normal day. Here we go again... Trinkets in the way! Ditsy colleagues hang, Tinsel by the score. Don't they realise we are not children anymore? OH! ...
Etymology: Jingle Bells. Everyone sing along!
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COMMENTS:
you have a touch of the bah humbugs there! - petaj, 2008-12-10: 05:50:00
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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).
Decorosessive
Created by: JusMeLP
Pronunciation: De'CORE' - o - sessive
Sentence: Call me 'Decorosessive', but jus' because you don't appreciate holidays - Don't hate me for being 'In the Spirt' !!!!
Etymology: Decor + Obsessive = a compulsion to Decorate everything during a holiday!!
Exesterfasation
Created by: frankierio
Pronunciation: X-es-ter-fas-A-shun
Sentence: The exesterfasation of Christmas is now starting even befor Thanksgiving.
Etymology: combining exess and fashion with sensationalism.
Decorationist
Created by: Daniel999
Pronunciation: Dekorachonst
Sentence: As a decorationist, she was approached throughout the year for various decorative ideas.
Etymology:
Tinselitis
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: tinsel/I/tis
Sentence: Sue's tinselistis was so acute that they had to schedule an emergency tinsellectomy.
Etymology: tinsel + tonsillitis
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COMMENTS:
Congrats on your over all weekly win last week! Some great words!! Well done!!! - Stevenson0, 2007-12-03: 15:10:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie ~ James
Hey Verbotomists, I thought it would be fun to create a Verbotomy Greeting Card for the upcoming holidays. So I am calling on all Verbotomists to Submit your Holiday Verbotomy Definitions. I will set up an e-card so we can send our best wishes, and our best words, to our friends. Be creative! ~ James
In other news, Galwaywegian's verboticism, "Minimaim", was published yesterday in Toronto Star. See: http://www.verbotomy.com/blog/?p=223. Congratulations to Galwaywegian ~ James
Jabberwocky - 2007-12-03: 06:04:00
love the outfit today - very festive
Thanks Jabberwocky! I loved getting dressed up and lightening my hair for the holidays. ~ James
Thanks to everyone for sending in their cheeriest holiday definitions. And now Santa's elves will to get to work. ~ James
Hey Verbotomists, Sorry for the double replay this morning. I have updated the definition for today as of 7:00am EST. If you created a word for the service definition, you can see it here: That cake is so dry. Thanks for playing! Be creative, James
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James