Verboticism: Rendeveous

'Happy Holidays from the North Pole!'

DEFINITION: To offer non-denominational, inter-faith seasonal greetings, which are nevertheless a tad politically incorrect.

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Doonesburiate

Created by: nicolase

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Sentence: While the Parkers would have liked to economize during the holidays by sending one card to their entire address book, their culturally unpopular devotion to Satan suggested the wisdom of doonesburiating to some extent, at least with Jim's work associates, and Patty's bridge club.

Etymology: Term derived from "Doonesbury", the most well-known of several widely read newspaper cartoons that emerged in the 1980s, characterized by an edgy and irreverent rhetorical humor used as wry and subterranean social commentary, but safe and inoffensive eno

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Shachristmaseid

Created by: mickey666

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Sentence: As a confirmed multiculturalist, I wish everyone shachristmaseid greetings in December.

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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.

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Enklaus

Created by: zwillinger

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Christpocalypse

Created by: janham

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Unigratings

Created by: wordbird

Pronunciation: uni-grat-ings

Sentence: I'm tired of the bland and safe holiday unigratings that are crafted for sensitivity.

Etymology: universal (comb. form); grating

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Holideign

Created by: Flipmode

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Decembarrass

Created by: wmullen

Pronunciation: de/sem/BEAR/ass

Sentence: Though he means well, my father tends to decembarrass himself with each year's card.

Etymology: December / embarrass

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Unfaithabalise

Arcysparky

Created by: Arcysparky

Pronunciation: Un-FEYTH-a-bal-ayz

Sentence: "Have a wonderful non-faith-specific seasonal period" Alice unfaithabalised.

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Exmaspale

Created by: frenzi

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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.

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