Verboticism: Fauxmas
DEFINITION: To offer non-denominational, inter-faith seasonal greetings, which are nevertheless a tad politically incorrect.
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Holidooze
Created by: Malemocynt
Pronunciation:
Sentence: That airport in the news has no idea how to holidooze their way through a multi-culti crowd.
Etymology:
Holicember
Created by: robynlicious
Pronunciation: holl-AH-sember
Sentence: Stop calling your Christmas Tree a Holicember Shrub.
Etymology: "holi" from holiday, but can also refer to boughs of holly. "cember" from December
Holicaustify
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: hol-e-corse-ti-fy
Sentence: It was particularly cringe-worthy to hear Michael holicaustify the diverse range of guests.
Etymology: From "holy/holiday", "horrify" and "caustic" meaning acidic or harsh. Is, of course, a pun on Holocaust, making the word a little risky, but, in my view, adding to the effectiveness of the gestures it describes, as they are offensive/insensitive.
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.
Mistlebloe
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: missle-blo
Sentence: Robert stood under the mistletoe hoping to get kissed. But whenever he opened his mouth, he'd mistlebloe, and then get slapped.
Etymology: missle+blow=the explosive version of mistletoe
Holidize
Created by: Erica0303
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Ok now children, go holidize with your grandparents.
Etymology:
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.
Malefelicitation
Created by: ArsMajika
Pronunciation: MAL-eh-FEH-li-sih-TAY-shun
Sentence: "At the office holiday party, Bob was saying far too many malefelicitations to the foreign finances committee."
Etymology: Maleficent and Felicitations