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DEFINITION: A traditional cleansing ritual used to prepare for the New Year -- often includes the consumption of special tonics or potions.
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Vindisate
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: vin-di-sate
Sentence: Sharon began to vindisate just before leaving for the New Year Party ....
Etymology: vin (Fr: wine) di (as in vindicate) sate (to gorge, overdose)
Toxiceilidhgy
Created by: Psychicsi
Pronunciation: tox-i-kay-lee-gy
Sentence: Fatima and her fellow students studied hard for their toxiceilidhgy assignment, which involved the consumption of a variety of punch and egg nog.
Etymology: Toxicology, mixed with a traditional Scottish social event - the ceilidh.
Auldlangsenema
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: alld-langs-en-em-a
Sentence: Kate's auldlangsenema consisted of wheat germ and egg smoothies; she was gonna get wasted on New Years.
Etymology: Aulg langs + enema
Antivomit
Created by: kevinrio
Pronunciation: anti vo mi tid
Sentence: I'm safe tonight. I have antivomitted a lot!
Etymology: anti + vomit
Guzlinenema
Created by: Chistinalove
Pronunciation: guz - lin - en - e - ma
Sentence: Every year on Dec. 31 I and a few of my friends like to have a guzlinenema to relinquish all the hurt from the past year.
Etymology: Guzzling enema
Silvesterswigging
Created by: mdschermer
Pronunciation: sil-VES-ter-swig-ging
Sentence: In the dark days between christmas and the new year, Kate focused intensely on her new year resolutions while silvesterswigging her way through daddy's single malts.
Etymology: "Silvester" is an alternative name for new year's eve (in germany a.o.), plus "swigging": to engage in drinking liquid in great gulps.
Colalonics
Created by: a68tbird
Pronunciation: col-a-lon-ics
Sentence: An oral ingestion of any brand Colalonic will cleanse the digestion tract, and prepare the liver for oncoming abuse.
Etymology:
Winodraino
Created by: Manhattan
Pronunciation: Why-noh-drey-noh
Sentence: Elizabeth was well into her second bottle of vodka, the main recipe in a secret concoction of a very intense Winodraino.
Etymology: The word wino, indicating someone who is a drunkard, and the product Draino, which clears out drains and pipes.
Glugatory
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: glug a tory
Sentence: stephanie decided she was going for a glugatory evening, to wash it all down with lots of liquids.
Etymology: from glug or glugging and celebratory
Lavationlibation
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: lav/a/shun/li/ba/shun
Sentence: Holly Horsefeathers knew that New Year's wouldn't be a success without a little lavationlibation to flush all her troubles away including a fast-talking frog who insisted she play post office.
Etymology: lavation (cleansing or purification process) + libation (a drink)