Verboticism: Misfestivate
DEFINITION: To offer non-denominational, inter-faith seasonal greetings, which are nevertheless a tad politically incorrect.
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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.
Condisendyule
Created by: stevezoid
Pronunciation: con-dis-end-yule
Sentence: He was trying to incorporate everyones belief in his Christmas Office party speech but came off sounding condisendyule.
Etymology:
Bleffend
Created by: thewbert
Pronunciation: ble-FFEND
Sentence:
Etymology: comes from bless and offend
Crosscrescent
Created by: VBIZILJ
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
- VBIZILJ, 2006-12-13: 15:18:00
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Ecucheermenise
Created by: scrubskip
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Paul started to say "Merry Christmas" instead ecucheermenised, "Merry... Holidays"
Etymology: ecumenism + cheer
