Verboticism: Ignorishes
DEFINITION: To offer non-denominational, inter-faith seasonal greetings, which are nevertheless a tad politically incorrect.
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Ignorancisms
Created by: erwalter
Pronunciation: ig·no·rance·isms
Sentence: Walmart has stopped using ignoancisms such as "happy holidays" and is guessing the faith of people and greeting them accordinly
Etymology: ignorance + "isms"
Exmaspale
Created by: frenzi
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Nick always tried not to offend anyone, yet somehow, after a few drinks, he always managed to exmaspale somebody.
Etymology: From xmas - the non-christian way of referring to Dec 25th, and the phrase "beyond the pale" - meaning just outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour.
Greetgrace
Created by: barkskin
Pronunciation: greet-gr-ace
Sentence: Sara has great greetgrace
Etymology: greet+grace =greatgrace
Greetgrate
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: GREET-grayt
Sentence: Jim thought that yelling "Merry Kwanzaa, bro! Smokin' menorah" was cool, but greetgrating the imam was a bad idea.
Etymology: greet + grate (to annoy)
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"