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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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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'
Chrismahanukwanzaakize
Created by: mlw1235
Pronunciation: Chris-Mah-Hahn-ah-qu-wahn-za-kai-ze
Sentence: Will you please stop trying to chrismahanukwanzaakize me?
Etymology: Many Religions holiday traditions in verb form.
Phisonting
Created by: Lyokia
Pronunciation: Ph-is-onting
Sentence: He was phisonting the hostess to try to get on her good side.
Etymology:
Irkgreet
Created by: grant0
Pronunciation: Irk-greet
Sentence: As I stepped into the Walmart, the greeter irkgreeted me. Eww.
Etymology: Irk and...greet...
Seasincorectness
Created by: JckDnl
Pronunciation: Sea-sin-kor-ekt-nes
Sentence: Everyone at the party had had enough of Charlie's seasincorectness
Etymology: Season + Incorrectness
Nihilistmasism
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: nihil/ist/mas/ism
Sentence: The only things acceptable today when discussing Christmas are nihilistmasisms.
Etymology: nihilism +(Christ)mas + ism
Athelutations
Created by: davidave
Pronunciation: A thel u TAY shuns
Sentence: Recognizing his coworkers diverse cultural backgrounds, Mark greeted the room with neutral athelutations.
Etymology: Elision of atheism and salutations.
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