Verboticism: Crosscrescent
DEFINITION: To offer non-denominational, inter-faith seasonal greetings, which are nevertheless a tad politically incorrect.
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Hollisays
Created by: ronarscorruption
Pronunciation: Hall-ee-saees
Sentence: I tend to give people hollisays around the holidays.
Etymology:
Holyhail
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: HO-lee-HAYL
Sentence: We exchanged holyhails, and went our separate ways.
Etymology: holy - associated with a divine power hail - to greet enthusiastically, praise
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COMMENTS:
If it makes any difference, I was also Guest... then had to go and register! - Guthlaf1, 2006-12-13: 06:45:00
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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.
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"
Salrudetation
Created by: haroldbarold
Pronunciation: sal-rude-tay-shun
Sentence: Everyone dreaded being cornered by reindeer-breath Randy and his off-color salrudetations.
Etymology: salutation + rude
Ecucheermenise
Created by: scrubskip
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Paul started to say "Merry Christmas" instead ecucheermenised, "Merry... Holidays"
Etymology: ecumenism + cheer
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.
