Verboticism: Hellofaux
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
Greetgrace
Created by: barkskin
Pronunciation: greet-gr-ace
Sentence: Sara has great greetgrace
Etymology: greet+grace =greatgrace
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
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.
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
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.
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)
Fauxmas
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.