Verboticism: Hellofaux

'Happy Holidays from the North Pole!'

DEFINITION: To offer non-denominational, inter-faith seasonal greetings, which are nevertheless a tad politically incorrect.

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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

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Greetgrace

Created by: barkskin

Pronunciation: greet-gr-ace

Sentence: Sara has great greetgrace

Etymology: greet+grace =greatgrace

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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

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Ignorishes

Created by: Verbepete

Pronunciation: Ig-nor-ish-ehs

Sentence: The Ambassador couldnt have known he would offend the entire tribe with his ignorishes.

Etymology: Ignorant-wishes.

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Getherthing

Created by: taftouf

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Misunifaholyate

Created by: theantiipod

Pronunciation: Mis-uni-fa-holy-ate

Sentence: The media tends to misunifaholyate an awful lot during the holidays, I feel a little offended.

Etymology: Mis + unification + holy

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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.

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Cheersmear

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: cheer-smear

Sentence: Bill attempted a holiday greeting that would satisfy everyone but ended up cheersmearing and caused some offense.

Etymology: cheer (greet) + smear (mess up, slight)

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Bunkerism

Created by: KITKERRI

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Fauxmas

elstiko

Created by: elstiko

Pronunciation: Fo-mah (or Fohcksmas, if you prefer)

Sentence: Joel made an astonishing fauxmas by wishing his Turkish colleague a happy ANZAC day.

Etymology: From Faux Pas and Xmas, obviously.

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