Verboticism: Rendeveous
DEFINITION: To offer non-denominational, inter-faith seasonal greetings, which are nevertheless a tad politically incorrect.
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Doonesburiate
Created by: nicolase
Pronunciation:
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
Shachristmaseid
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation:
Sentence: As a confirmed multiculturalist, I wish everyone shachristmaseid greetings in December.
Etymology:
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.
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
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
Unfaithabalise
Created by: Arcysparky
Pronunciation: Un-FEYTH-a-bal-ayz
Sentence: "Have a wonderful non-faith-specific seasonal period" Alice unfaithabalised.
Etymology:
Exmaspale
Created by: frenzi
Pronunciation:
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.