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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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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
Alcocatharsis
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: al/co/kuh/thahr/sis
Sentence: The annual New Year's alcocatharsis rids of the old me so I can become the new perfect person I am meant to be.
Etymology: alcohol + catharsis
Devomitoxosis
Created by: adobrodt
Pronunciation: di-vom-i-ta-ksoe-sis
Sentence: Jenny felt her annual devomitoxosis would rid her once and for all of that terrible Bob character.
Etymology: from vomit and toxic and DE
Reclinification
Created by: seifip
Pronunciation: recl e nification
Sentence: It's midnight January 1! We should quickly reclinificate ourselve!
Etymology: re + clean + fication
Martiniize
Created by: norallama
Pronunciation: Martineez
Sentence: This year's made me feel so dirty -- I'll need a good martiniizing come December 31st.
Etymology: From "martini," the drink, and "Martinizing," the dry cleaning (as in clothes) process.
Vodklense
Created by: Lyokia
Pronunciation: vod-clense
Sentence: She felt like she had to vodklense, this wasn't her fault, it's tradition.
Etymology: From vodka and clense.
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)
Spiritflush
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: spear-it-flush
Sentence: he wondered if one bottle of vodka would be enough to spiritflush his system
Etymology: spirit and flush
Rebeerthing
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: re-beerth-ing
Sentence: Marcus felt born-again after using premium ale in his rebeerthing ritual.
Etymology: rebirthing + beer
Lushflush
Created by: veevega
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Gary, who hasn't caught the flu in over ten years, contributes his good health to his participation in our annual lushflush.
Etymology: