humbuggian

(n) A person who, for reasons other than religion, strongly dislikes anything to do with holidays and/or the holiday season, especially Christmas. A holiday hater.
Derived from the phrase, "Bah, humbug!" originally spoken by the miser Ebenezer Scrooge in the novella A Christmas Carol (1843) by English author Charles Dickens (1812–1870).

Look at that guy tearing down Christmas decorations. What a humbuggian!

humbuggian by Scatterbrainiac March 27, 2021

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humbuggish

A noun to describe someone who is contrary and making the attempt to start a fight. This may have originated in New Orleans, but I'm not sure.

There was a girl at school today that was very humbuggish. She continued to insult and pick a fight with Mary.

humbuggish by Tiffani Sneed September 25, 2007

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Humbugging

The artful dodge of putting down an activity someone finds an interest in. There's an implication that there's something wrong with the person who likes the activity, but because it's not spelled outright, there's plausible deniability.

Person A: I don't get why people like sportsball. It's so boring.
Person B: You're humbugging me because I like baseball?
Person A: I didn't say you're bad for liking sportsball...
Person B: No, but there's a strong implication there.

Humbugging by Sapphistry September 6, 2018

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Humbuggin/humbuggidy

A southern way of saying somebody is always Bowing up , all on somebody case, tryna go for bad, or always wanting to fight. I'm sure black folks made it up lol

Nae: I don't like Lisa

Brad: why you don't like her ?

Nae: cause one day she wanted to be humbuggin/humbuggidy & get loud I bout slapped her

I don't hang with Lisa she always humbugging folks

Humbuggin/humbuggidy by Factssssz June 28, 2020