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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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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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Alcocatharsis

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: al/co/kuh/thahr/sis

Sentence: The annual New Year's alcocatharsis is a yearly ritual that rids of the old me so I can become the new perfect person I am meant to be.

Etymology: alcohol + catharsis

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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.

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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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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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