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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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Drunkassage
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: der-unk-uh-saw-ja
Sentence: Her last drunkassage had left the drink table near empty.
Etymology: drunk-massage
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.
Yearendema
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: yer-end-em-a
Sentence: She took the yearendema on the last stroke of midnight and spent New Year's Day running to her favorite room in the house!
Etymology: year for year and 'yer' - end which also refers to your butt - and that end with ema is a play on the word enema.
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COMMENTS:
Very Interesting! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-01: 19:40:00
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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)
Ginification
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: jin-i-fie-cay-shun
Sentence: The traditional ginification ritual, usually takes place on new years eve, and involve the consumption of much alcohol.
Etymology:
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.
Annelixirate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: an-ee-LIKS-uhr-ate
Sentence: To the strains of "Auld Lang Syne" Roxie ritually annelixirated, hoping for a happy and, certainly, healthy New Year.
Etymology: Blend of ANN (of anno): year; ELIXIR (potion supposing to prolong life) & ATE: suffix forming both verb & noun forms.
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COMMENTS:
To the strains of "Auld Lang Syne" Roxie ritually annelixirated, hoping for a happy and, certainly, healthy New Year. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-01: 03:27:00
Good one -- nice use of 'annus'/annual root. - Tigger, 2008-01-02: 02:48:00
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Nogablution
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nog-uh-bloo-shuh n
Sentence: With Christmas behind her and the office closed for the week, Vickie prepares for the New Year with her annual nobablution. "Be gone" she says to herself as she rinses away the Christmas overindulgences still in her system and certain portions of her short-term memory.
Etymology: nog (any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcohol; eggnog) + ablution (ritual cleansing)
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
Neofication
Created by: inias
Pronunciation: nee-o-fee-kay-shun
Sentence: The process of neofication always includes consumption of alcohol at the new year's after-parties.
Etymology: new + purification.
