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Clark Griswold en · NOUN

Etymology

From the National Lampoon Vacation movies, in which Chevy Chase's character Clark Griswold is obsessed with planning the perfect vacation for his family and with having the most impressive Christmas decorations in the neighborhood.

Meanings

1. A person who tries too hard to create the best holiday or vacation experience.
   • The task of stringing the lights has always been left to me, the Clark Griswold of the family. 2026, Randall Linton, This Little Light of Mine: A Father's Memoir on His Daughter's Brief But Deeply Significant Life, FriesenPress, page 195:
   • you don't need to be the the Clark Griswold of Halloween 2018, Becky Kiser, Sacred Holidays: Less Chaos, More Jesus, B&H Publishing Group:
   • I was usually the the Clark Griswold of our vacations, pulling him off his stacks of grading to take in sun and skies. 2024, Nina Sharma, The Way You Make Me Feel: Love in Black and Brown, Penguin Publishing Group, page 143:

Forms

wikipedia: Chevy Chase · wikipedia: National Lampoon's Vacation (film series)