a seasonal back-formation: "to holiday-shop"

[Arnold Zwicky]

caught on NPR's Morning Edition this morning: "... plan to holiday-
shop at their desks".

not in my inventory of two-part back-formed verbs (compiled from
various sources).  but it's not hard to find examples, e.g.:

   The best place to holiday shop?
poppytalk.blogspot.com/2008/11/best-place-to-holiday-shop-ummm.html

   How to Holiday Shop After the Holidays.
www.ehow.com/how_2170458_holiday-shop-after-holidays.html

   Dec 8, 2003 ... Fifty-seven percent of respondents who will holiday
shop online at work will do so during the lunch hour or when they're
on break.
files.shareholder.com/downloads/YHOO/477001584x0x26242/d88a43d6-
a87d-4f1d-82cd-c93de877d7de/YHOO_News_2003_12_8_General.pdf

   Yes, more people than ever holiday-shopped online ...
www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=67153

   Posner said she holiday shops through the year, trying to match
gifts to the wants and needs of friends and family.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50676-2004Dec9_2.html

(these amidst a great may hits for the compound noun "holiday shop(s)"
'shop(s) selling holiday goods'.)

arnold

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