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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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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"
Yulecide
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: yool' cide
Sentence: Bob was found guilty of first-degree yulecide after a picture from the office holiday party revealed him kissing the boss's wife in the supply closet.
Etymology: From the Dutch "Yulec" meaning "mistletoe", and the Japanese "Ide" meaning "belt buckle"
Grogetic
Created by: Bunny36
Pronunciation: Grog -eh-tic
Sentence: To use a grogetic.
Etymology: So called because such slips often occur while under the influence of alcohol.
Unfaithabalise
Created by: Arcysparky
Pronunciation: Un-FEYTH-a-bal-ayz
Sentence: "Have a wonderful non-faith-specific seasonal period" Alice unfaithabalised.
Etymology:
Ireverendism
Created by: lunaticbythesea
Pronunciation: ER rever end ism
Sentence: Yeah, the boss spewed a bunch of Ireverendisms at the Christmas party,he managed to offend everyone.
Etymology: cross between irelevent,ireverent and Reverend.Denoting an obscure,psuedo,religious yet thoughoughly inept attempt to cover every group of people with the same lame holiday greeting.
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COMMENTS:
MY first submission, if history holds it will also be my best, they can only get worse from now on. - lunaticbythesea, 2006-12-12: 18:25:00
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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