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Clark Griswold

Clark Griswold noun: a person who tries too hard to create the best holiday or vacation experience.

Noun

Clark Griswold (plural Clark Griswolds)

  1. A person who tries too hard to create the best holiday or vacation experience.
    • you don't need to be the the Clark Griswold of Halloween2018, 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 of Clark Griswold

pluralClark Griswolds

Origin of Clark Griswold

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.

Questions about Clark Griswold

What does Clark Griswold mean?
Clark Griswold means a person who tries too hard to create the best holiday or vacation experience.
What part of speech is Clark Griswold?
Clark Griswold is a noun.
What is the plural of Clark Griswold?
The plural of Clark Griswold is Clark Griswolds.

Words near Clark Griswold in the dictionary

  1. Clark cells
  2. Clark County
  3. Clark electrode
  4. Clark electrodes
  5. Clark Fork
  6. Clark Griswold
  7. Clark's Harbour
  8. Clark's nutcracker
  9. Clark's nutcrackers
  10. Clarkdale
  11. Clarke

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