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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.
Verboticisms
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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
Neosipping
Created by: bghicks
Pronunciation: neo - sipping
Sentence: In order to cleanse her memory of the previous years diasasters, she took to neosipping.
Etymology: neo - new sipping -drink
Hogmanitox
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: hog-man-ee-tocks
Sentence: She would always hogmanitox after Christmas because her liver had taken quite a bashing.
Etymology: From "hogmanay" (Scottish term for New Year's Eve) and "detox". Also a hog is a pig, notoriously filthy animals!
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COMMENTS:
Very witty! Good stuff. - fonka99, 2007-01-01: 08:32:00
Notoriously filthy? No. Pigs are naturally very clean and avoid, if at all possible, soiling their living areas! Their confinement is man-made. But I like your word. - egonschiela, 2007-01-01: 13:22:00
Yeah, rolling in the mud is a clear sign of hygiene obsession! Also note that the Bible (you know, that reliable classic) calls swine "unclean". Most importantly, it was a befittingly crude generalization. - Bulletchewer, 2007-01-02: 16:42:00
....snorts, and puts head back in bucket. - egonschiela, 2007-01-02: 18:55:00
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Bacarditised
Created by: Orlandin
Pronunciation: Bac-ardi-tised
Sentence: It is not Miller Time. I have already been Bacarditised. Where is the bathroom?
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Alcohol is a perservative, little embalming fluid should be needed when I go. - Orlandin, 2007-01-02: 00:10:00
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Bodyclensing
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: bodyclensing
Sentence: Drink this bodyclensing potion and you´ll feel better.
Etymology: clensing from cleaning
Annualism
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: anewalism
Sentence: December 31st each year demands an anualism in preparation for the coming 12 months.
Etymology:
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.
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.
Blottoflush
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: blotto - flush
Sentence: Had a great night at the pub but now I need to blottoflush for New Year's Eve.
Etymology: blotto - under the influence of drink Flush - to cleanse
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)
