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DEFINITION: To offer non-denominational, inter-faith seasonal greetings, which are nevertheless a tad politically incorrect.
Verboticisms
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Salrudetation
Created by: haroldbarold
Pronunciation: sal-rude-tay-shun
Sentence: Everyone dreaded being cornered by reindeer-breath Randy and his off-color salrudetations.
Etymology: salutation + rude
Herewish
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: hair-a-wish
Sentence: The herewish raised a few eyebrows, but we all raised a glass on jewish christmas.
Etymology: heretical-offensive wish-good intent
Fauxpauxonearthism
Created by: gwenaverill
Pronunciation: foe-paw-on-irth-izm
Sentence: After Trevor received only puzzled stares in response to his holiday salutation of "Happy consumer orgy season," he wondered if he had commmited a fauxpauxonearthism
Etymology: faux paux + peace on earth
Santaria
Created by: Chapin
Pronunciation: santa-ree-ah
Sentence: The company holiday party is always an exercise in santaria -- why don't they just come out and call it a Christmas party?
Etymology: A play on Santeria, which itself is a blend of faiths, and Santa
Missiletoeing
Created by: aoife
Pronunciation: 'miss-isle-tow-ing'
Sentence: Dan totally missiletoed during his 'merry kwaanza' speech at the Rotary Club when he did a Michael Richards-as-Santa impression.
Etymology: 'mistletoe' + 'missile'
Supercilify
Created by: googly
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When i got that card, I felt weirdly wupercilified.
Etymology: Transforms "supercilious" into a transtitive verb.
Comments:
wordmeister - 2006-12-12: 10:34:00
Hey quippingqueen, Good glitch! And I like your quack-pots and nag-gnostics too.
warped - 2006-12-12: 15:58:00
My bad-I didn't see there was already a word like holicide (yulecide). Also, "Fauxmas" is also mine, before I figured out how to log in. :/
warped - 2006-12-12: 15:59:00
Also-yaaay, i'm in the top five right now!
hvhtim - 2006-12-12: 16:01:00
don't forget to vote for politicalmas the holiday of political correctness
wordmeister - 2006-12-12: 17:46:00
Hye babel, you're still at the top even with all the new competition. May I wish you a "feliznaviwhosyourdaddy"!
babel - 2006-12-12: 18:15:00
You may meister, and congrats for 'feliz..' jabberwocky. i was really shocked to see all these new entries, thought there had been a mass spamming.
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-13: 13:01:00
hats off to a true wordsmith Babel