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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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Rumification
Created by: imashelcha
Pronunciation: Ruh.mi.fi.KAY.shun
Sentence: My life sucks, but it's nothing a little rumification can't solve!
Etymology: Rum + ramification
Shakalaka
Created by: Maxine
Pronunciation: shah kuh lah kuh (guttural)
Sentence: Maureen's shakalaka made her feel enthusiastic for a few days. Then it was nose to the grindstone again.
Etymology: from "shakalaka," a word from a primitive and superstitious human grunting language which was accessed through phylogenetic memory
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COMMENTS:
almost a chant word ... a fun and funny one ... a word worth repeating at least three times as you meditate upon the coming of the new year! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-01: 19:27:00
Whoomp! There it is... - Tigger, 2008-01-02: 02:37:00
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Libateoayt
Created by: Kazizzle
Pronunciation: Lie/bait/oh/ate
Sentence: Jill: Champagne is the best way to liebateoayt! Jack: If you say so.
Etymology: Libation - A beverage, especially an alcoholic one '08 - The New Year, 2008.
Purgetorial
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Purj - uh - TOR - eeyl
Sentence: Charlotte made her usual vile tasting New Year purgetorial elixir and in her haste to get it over with she simply downed it all directly from the food processor.
Etymology: Play on words using purge, purgatory and ritual
Drunkassage
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: der-unk-uh-saw-ja
Sentence: Her last drunkassage had left the drink table near empty.
Etymology: drunk-massage
Happyphiltre
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hap pee fil ter
Sentence: When Lola wanted to celebrate New Year's Eve, she used straight vodka as her happyphiltre. It cleared out her pipes and enhanced her sex appeal, she thought...until she fell into the arms of Morpheus.
Etymology: Happy (pleasure/joy) & Philtre (love potion)& Wordplay on Hepa filter (High Efficiency Particulate Air)used in medical, airplane, home filters to eliminate 99.9% of pollutants)
Auldlangstoned
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /awld-lang-stohnd/
Sentence: Because of her tradition of getting Auldlangstoned well before midnight on New Year's Eve, Charlene could never quite remember how she'd brought in the new year — who she was with, or what she'd been doing — and she actually seemed resigned to that fatalistic custom, with her customary 'devil-may-care' attitude.
Etymology: auld lang syne - traditional New Years phrase and song; referring to 'the good old days' (from Scottish, auld "old" + lang "long" + syne "since") + stoned - intoxicated, inebriated (shortening of 'stone-drunk')
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COMMENTS:
Good try: looked to go the same way myself with "AULDLANGCATARIZE" But "She" who must be obeyed told me:" Don't be ridiculous!" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-01: 19:46:00
I meant "AULDLANGCATHARIZE" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-01: 19:48:00
Ow, that sounds painful, Oz. - Tigger, 2008-01-02: 02:31:00
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Boozerwha
Created by: freakystyley
Pronunciation: Boo-Zer-Waa
Sentence: Apparently Billy had no idea that a boozerwha and an alchoholic are worlds apart.
Etymology: Booze + What
Alcoclean
Created by: TheUrbanRabbit
Pronunciation: AL-co-cleen
Sentence: The annual alcocleaning party was held in Dei's apartment, where guests cleared away last year's guilt with multiple applications of apple margaritas.
Etymology: Alcohol + clean/cleaning
Indooxide
Created by: bobofet
Pronunciation: in-doe-ox-ide
Sentence: Sarah woke up with a hangover and drank some indooxide to clean out her body.
Etymology: indo for inside, oxide for cleanse.
