housebling

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noun

The extravagant or flashy decorating or embellishing of a house.

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Meanings

nounhousebling (uncountable)
  1. humorousrareslanguncountableThe extravagant or flashy decorating or embellishing of a house.

    There's even a word for that now, "housebling".

    2004 December 18, Pyromancer, “All I want for Christmas ...”, in uk.people.gothic (Usenet)
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    Find out more about this amazing housebling at wonderlandchristmas.com.

    2005 December 8, Shiela S, “Very OT - does anyone know...”, in uk.rec.competitions (Usenet)

    The facts are as follows: in recent years, Vic Moszczynski's "annual charity light display" involved 20,000 lights, covering his home, and supplemented with large illuminated snowmen and amplifiers emitting Christmas songs into the street. (The term "housebling" started appearing on the web in 2004 to describe just such gaudy displays.)

    2006 December 11, Dr. Barry Worthington, “"The phoney war on Christmas"”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet)

Origin

From house + bling.

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APA

housebling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/housebling

MLA

“housebling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/housebling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “housebling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/housebling.

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