eggstatic

English

Etymology

Blend of egg +‎ ecstatic.

Adjective

eggstatic (comparative more eggstatic, superlative most eggstatic)

  1. (humorous, informal) Ecstatic, in the context of eggs.
    • 1984, Neilson, David, 1949-, Robin Hood: the truth behind the green tights: a play‎[1], page 6:
      Walter I was talking about you two. (He laughs at his own joke) You've got to laugh, haven't you?
      Albert Have you?
      Walter Oh dear, not feeling quite so eggstatic now, are we?
    • 2005, Sennett, Frank, 101 stunts for principals to inspire student achievement‎[2], page 66:
      First, though, he showed up at school in a horse-drawn cart and endured a smelly egg facial. After the singing of egg-related songs and the reading of eggstatic poetry.
    • 2012, Lederer, Richard, Cleverly comical animal jokes‎[3], page 39:
      It must be eggsasperating reading all these eggscentric and eggsotic puns on eggs. We could try to eggsplain that they are really eggscellent, eggsceptional, and eggsplosive eggsamples of eggsclusive, eggsquisite, eggsalted, eggstatic, and eggshiliarating literary genius!
    • 2013, Scott, Babe, The lazy hostess‎[4], page 209:
      My Gay Best Friend gave me this frittata recipe. Your friends will be eggstatic when they taste them.
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