Verboticisms

Created by: thejoshinator

Pronunciation: Master-is-card-ing

Sentence: Jimmy was full of excitement about Christmas and had no care for money saving, so set out masteriscarding like mad.

Etymology: Mastercard+is, which shows the master is the card (master/is/card), which is like being a zombie, controlled by the credit card. 'Is' also makes the master the credit card owner, going crazy and carding (carding is using a credit card master/is/carding).

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Created by: andrian

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Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: kris-mākst-out

Sentence: I christmaxedout my Master Card and I am not done shopping. Now I'll have to use my Visa.

Etymology: Christmas: The annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus. + Maxed: To reach one's limit. + Out: finished; ended.

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Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: gift - gilt - a - wish

Sentence: Nancy was overtaken with an extreme sense of giftguiltawish. This caused her to spend endless amounts of money and time buying everyone she had even talked to during the year with a gift during the holiday season.

Etymology: Gift (something given willingly, eg as a present)+ Guilt (Self-reproach for supposed inadequacy) + Wish (Something desired or longed for)

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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)

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Created by: chaiandallthatjazz

Pronunciation: sounds like robot without the t, plus shop

Sentence: Suzie's roboshopping today...I wouldn't say she's a grinch..you don't necessarily have to be a grinch to roboshop, but stay out of her way when she gets home or better yet give her a big glass of eggnog and let her sweeten up a bit.

Etymology: verb derived from robot and shop

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pres ent ten shun

Sentence: You know the feeling of presentension in the store, when you cross your fingers at the till in the hopes that your purchase of gifts won't be declined by your credit card company. It is followed by the relief of the sale actually going through. (Hopefully)

Etymology: presents & tension

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: row/bot/tics

Sentence: Sally did her Christmas essay on Roweboughtics, concentrating on the spasmodic reflexes of holiday shoppers as they approached big ticket items like Wiis.

Etymology: robotics (the study of robots) + owe + bought + tics

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Created by: nicky

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Sentence: I go to the mall around Christmas and trancspend till my wife calls and says its time to come home.

Etymology: trance, spend

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: oh holee nite

Sentence: Oweholynight! The stores are brightly shining, It is the night of getting your money's worth, Long lay those cards in purse and pocket pining, Tills reappear and the soul spent its worth. A thrill of hope the retail world rejoices, For yonder breaks your budget by Mastercard. Fall on your knees! Owe, hear the Visa voices! Owenight divine, Owenight when AmEx was reborn; Owenight divine, Owenight, Owenight Divine.

Etymology: Owe (be in debt, owe money for goods bought) & O Holy Night (Christmas Eve, the night of Jesus' birth, the reason we celebrate Christmas; the title of a Carol announcing the birth of the Savior)

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COMMENTS:

I didn't know you were so musical! Nice job! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-17: 00:47:00

magic!! love it! - galwaywegian, 2008-12-17: 04:06:00

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