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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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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.
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.
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.
Alcoholiday
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: al-coh-HAHL-ih-day
Sentence: Jim performed his traditional alcholiday on Dec. 30 -- just in case he wasn't sober enough to remember it on the 31st.
Etymology: alcohol + holiday
Reclinification
Created by: seifip
Pronunciation: recl e nification
Sentence: It's midnight January 1! We should quickly reclinificate ourselve!
Etymology: re + clean + fication
Tequitox
Created by: dstorm78
Pronunciation: Tah-kee-toks
Sentence: Tomorrow I'll be slamming my liquid tequitox to wash this year out of my hair.
Etymology: A combination of tequila, an oft used cleansing liquor, and the act of 'detox'-ing your body to cleans it.
Marinatirize
Created by: missparaguay1991
Pronunciation: /MRNTRS/
Sentence: I'm gonna marinatirize my self before it's too late
Etymology: From the Italian marinate, meaning cook with no fire and suffix irize
Drunkleaning
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: drunk-kleen-ing
Sentence: Way to many people will be drunkleaning this newyears.
Etymology: drunk, as in alcohol, + cleaning, as in cleansing.
Fablooztion
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: fah-BLOO-shun
Sentence: When I finally awoke from last nite's fablooztion, it was to wonder where I had left my car.
Etymology: fabulous + ablution (the practice of removing sins, diseases or earthly defilements through the use of ritual washing) + booze
