housebling en · NOUN
Etymology
From house + bling.
Meanings
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(humorous, rare, slang, uncountable) The extravagant or flashy decorating or embellishing of a house.
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):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):There's even a word for that now, "housebling".
2004 December 18, Pyromancer, “All I want for Christmas ...”, in uk.people.gothic (Usenet):