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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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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"
Oblivioffend
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: uh-bliv-ee-uh-fend
Sentence: He continued to oblivioffend our guests by saying "All faiths have equally ridiculous celebrations. So lets just party."
Etymology: From oblivious meaning unaware and offend meaning to cause resentment.
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
Accostodiate
Created by: torgo
Pronunciation: acost-owe-dee-ate.
Sentence: In response to an excess of political correctness it has become de rigeur to spread accostodiations to all.
Etymology: Accost is to greet someone but not necessarily in a friendly way. And odiate comes from the latin "to hate".
Blexxpletive
Created by: coinstar
Pronunciation: blecks-ple-tive, (n). See also "to blexxplicate" (v).
Sentence: Uncle Bob trumpeted his arrival with a round of hearty blexpletives that are best forgotten.
Etymology: bless + expletive (deleted)
Dismarculate
Created by: Divakar
Pronunciation: dis-MAR-cue-late
Sentence: Even though she knew he meant well, Jill couldn't believe John would just dismarculate so openly.
Etymology: dis (not) + marcar (spanish for "mark" or "observe")
Fauxfauxfaux
Created by: Prios
Pronunciation: foe foe foe (Same pronunciation as "faux" three times)
Sentence:
Etymology: From "Faux pas" (social blunder).
Unfaithabalise
Created by: Arcysparky
Pronunciation: Un-FEYTH-a-bal-ayz
Sentence: "Have a wonderful non-faith-specific seasonal period" Alice unfaithabalised.
Etymology:
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