Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: A traditional cleansing ritual used to prepare for the New Year -- often includes the consumption of special tonics or potions.
Verboticisms
Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...
You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.
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
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.
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.
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.
Bacarditised
Created by: Orlandin
Pronunciation: Bac-ardi-tised
Sentence: It is not Miller Time. I have already been Bacarditised. Where is the bathroom?
Etymology:
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Alcohol is a perservative, little embalming fluid should be needed when I go. - Orlandin, 2007-01-02: 00:10:00
----------------------------
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!
----------------------------
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
----------------------------
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
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
Regineration
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ree/jin/er/ay/shun
Sentence: Once a year I "Dr. Who" it and swallow an entire bottle of gin in an attempt at regineration. Wait till you see my new persona this year.
Etymology: regeneration + gin
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Hey Jabberwocky! Good one! Top of the list! Maybe it's because you use gin... Vodka seems to be the tonic of choice for most verbotomists... - wordmeister, 2007-01-02: 16:42:00
I suspect it's an age thing - I feel a little like Yoda - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-03: 16:37:00
----------------------------
Drunktox
Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts
Pronunciation: "drunk-tox"
Sentence: Every holiday, I go through a drunktox with all of my friends!
Etymology:
