Verboticism: Markeling
DEFINITION: To offer non-denominational, inter-faith seasonal greetings, which are nevertheless a tad politically incorrect.
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Jerngle
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: jern-gul
Sentence: That fool is going to jerngle himself all the way to a slap in the face.
Etymology: A distant relative of the noun jinglejerk.
Holilapse
Created by: DarthWader
Pronunciation: hall ih laps
Sentence: Johnny holilapsed when he kissed Mayata (accosted her, really), though her burka, under the mistletoe.
Etymology: holiday (day of festivity when no work is done) + lapse (temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement)
Missiletoeing
Created by: aoife
Pronunciation: 'miss-isle-tow-ing'
Sentence: Dan totally missiletoed during his 'merry kwaanza' speech at the Rotary Club when he did a Michael Richards-as-Santa impression.
Etymology: 'mistletoe' + 'missile'
Integraholidize
Created by: mrguy753
Pronunciation: Integra - like as in "Integrate" Holid - like as is "Holiday" ize - just to make it a verb
Sentence: Attention employees. Don't forget to integraholidize. We don't want to offend anyone's personal beliefs.
Etymology:
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.
