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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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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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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.
Drunkassage
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: der-unk-uh-saw-ja
Sentence: Her last drunkassage had left the drink table near empty.
Etymology: drunk-massage
Hoovermanuver
Created by: dmskb2000
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COMMENTS:
Great word ... says it all in a rhymetyme! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-01: 14:55:00
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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
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)
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.
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.
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
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
