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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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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.
Alcocleanse
Created by: Hjason
Pronunciation: al-co-cleanse
Sentence: Don't worry about what you eat or drink tonight because I have this great alcocleanse that will get you on your way for at least a few days.
Etymology: alcohol+cleanse
Drunktox
Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts
Pronunciation: "drunk-tox"
Sentence: Every holiday, I go through a drunktox with all of my friends!
Etymology:
Vodmanay
Created by: Chunk01
Pronunciation: VOD-Ma-Nay
Sentence: It was that time of year when she cleansed herself with a traditional vodmanay
Etymology: Vodka-Hogmanay=Vodmanay
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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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
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.
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.
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.
Purgify
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: purj-ih-fie
Sentence: Dan purgified his body but drinking all the alcohol he could find.
Etymology: purge + ify
