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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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Condisendyule
Created by: stevezoid
Pronunciation: con-dis-end-yule
Sentence: He was trying to incorporate everyones belief in his Christmas Office party speech but came off sounding condisendyule.
Etymology:
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
Assimibrate
Created by: kafka
Pronunciation:
Sentence: At the core of the marketing device known as "Santa Clause" is a barely veiled assimibration by large corporations of third world countries.
Etymology: "assimilate" and "celebrate"
Ecucheermenise
Created by: scrubskip
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Paul started to say "Merry Christmas" instead ecucheermenised, "Merry... Holidays"
Etymology: ecumenism + cheer
Fauxfauxfaux
Created by: Prios
Pronunciation: foe foe foe (Same pronunciation as "faux" three times)
Sentence:
Etymology: From "Faux pas" (social blunder).
Winterrify
Created by: ipmcleod
Pronunciation: rhymes with "terrify"
Sentence: There he goes with that mistletoe belt buckle, winterrifying his co-workers.
Etymology: winter + terrify
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