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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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Unigratings
Created by: wordbird
Pronunciation: uni-grat-ings
Sentence: I'm tired of the bland and safe holiday unigratings that are crafted for sensitivity.
Etymology: universal (comb. form); grating
Chanukahadanzamasturbate
Created by: jeremiahbritt
Pronunciation: Hahn-ah-kah-a-dahn-zah-mahs-ter-bayt
Sentence: The office party decorations--which included a baby Jesus holding a menorah and sporting a brightly colored turban--looked like the HR department chanukahadanzamasturbated all over the conference room.
Etymology: Chanukah+Ramadan+Kwanza+Christmas+masturbate
Guiltreet
Created by: schmoozyduh
Pronunciation: Gill-trEEt
Sentence: While it was polite of Susan to give me guiltreet, it made me feel like a stranger.
Etymology: "Guiltreet" is believed to be a combination of the words "guilt" and "greet." The reasoning behind this is possibly the guilt associated with the people that were overly concerned with offending people of any religious preference.
Rendeveous
Created by: heydj
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "He was rendeveous towards that man."
Etymology:
Festoffend
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: Fest-off-end
Sentence: And with a quick few words, Stanley festoffended all the women in the office.
Etymology: Festival+offend
Yulephemism
Created by: simon1081
Pronunciation: yule-fe-miss-m
Sentence: Rabbi Scwartz offered the Kwanzaa celebrators a hearty Yulephemism
Etymology:
Desalutation
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: dE-Salu-ta-Shun
Sentence: Jim, known for being uncouth, consistantly made folks uncomfortable at the part with his awkward desalutations.
Etymology: de: away + salutation
Glitchgreeting
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: glich/greet/ing
Sentence: Had Bismark Long-Pocket owned a copy of "The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook" or "Cultural Etiquette: A Guide for the Well-Intentioned", he would never have uttered such a glitchgreeting to the Quack-pots and Nag-Gnostics in his office.
Etymology: glitch: a malfunction or minor problem with unintended consequences + greeting: an expression of good wishes
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