Verboticism: Guiltreet
DEFINITION: To offer non-denominational, inter-faith seasonal greetings, which are nevertheless a tad politically incorrect.
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Polioff
Created by: exmugger
Pronunciation: paw-li-off
Sentence: i guess i have to forgive my overseas friends for giving such polioff christmas greetings since they dont know about our customs and belief.
Etymology: political + put-off
Crassmastize
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: crass"-mas-tize'
Sentence: After reading all the earnest, but ignorant "Holiday" cards from her coworkers, the wiccan always felt crassmastized.
Etymology:
Deisploitate
Created by: kword
Pronunciation: De-Sploi-Tate
Sentence: Johnny, the beggar, offered many deisploitational greetings to passers by hoping to capitalize off of inter-faith mandates of charity this holiday season.
Etymology: From Latin deus god, and Latin explicitum, past participle of Deed or act, esp. a notable or heroic one.
Athelutations
Created by: davidave
Pronunciation: A thel u TAY shuns
Sentence: Recognizing his coworkers diverse cultural backgrounds, Mark greeted the room with neutral athelutations.
Etymology: Elision of atheism and salutations.
Fauxpaax
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: fo-pox
Sentence: Jeanne's efforts to be inclusive turned into a complete fauxpaax, because she kept mixing up the holidays, and would end up insulting everyone.
Etymology: "faux pas" to faux pax -- no peace
Assimibrate
Created by: kafka
Pronunciation:
Sentence: At the core of the marketing device known as "Santa Clause" is a barely veiled assimibration by large corporations of third world countries.
Etymology: "assimilate" and "celebrate"
Mazelbotch
Created by: jsky20
Pronunciation: ma-zel-bach
Sentence:
Etymology: mazel tov + botch