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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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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
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.
Hogdetox
Created by: Fenners
Pronunciation: hog - de - tox
Sentence: Time to hogdetox!
Etymology: hogmanay + detox
Alcoholostomy
Created by: Ahoytheship
Pronunciation: alcohol-ostomy
Sentence: She flushed her systems with an alcoholostomy of vodka and orange juice to make room for more vodka.
Etymology: alcohol+colostomy
Retilature
Created by: currentlyinsolitude
Pronunciation: ret-i-late-chure
Sentence: At the party, she retilatured so she could be ready for the year to come.
Etymology: Czecholslovakian
Bingerenewal
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: binsh-re-nu-val
Sentence: At the party, Jane had a bingerenewal and woke up in a totally new year, in a totally new room, with a totally new guy.
Etymology: binge as in binge-drinkin and the rest you can figure out yourself.
Rebeerthing
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: re-beerth-ing
Sentence: Marcus felt born-again after using premium ale in his rebeerthing ritual.
Etymology: rebirthing + beer
Annualism
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: anewalism
Sentence: December 31st each year demands an anualism in preparation for the coming 12 months.
Etymology:
Annboozaria
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /"an-bü-'zär-E-&/
Sentence: The festival of Annboozaria generally begins after dinner on December 1st and lasts until the cops show up.
Etymology: annual + booze + Februaria
