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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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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.
Detoxiration
Created by: Phunky
Pronunciation: dee-tox-ir-AY-shun
Sentence: With her liver close to failure, she embarked on a rigorous programme of detoxiration
Etymology: Portmanteau of detox and elixir, plus something to make it a bit more verby-nounified. If you know what I mean. I liked "detoxir" more but it's not what the definition calls for.
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.
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:
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)
Boozeyears
Created by: bluenutria
Pronunciation: BOOZ-yeers
Sentence: "Hey, Rod. What are you doing for Boozeyears?" "Oh, just staying in with the family." "What?! That's lame!"
Etymology:
Drunkassage
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: der-unk-uh-saw-ja
Sentence: Her last drunkassage had left the drink table near empty.
Etymology: drunk-massage
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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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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