Verboticism: Hogmanitox
DEFINITION: A traditional cleansing ritual used to prepare for the New Year -- often includes the consumption of special tonics or potions.
Hogmanitox
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: hog-man-ee-tocks
Sentence: She would always hogmanitox after Christmas because her liver had taken quite a bashing.
Etymology: From "hogmanay" (Scottish term for New Year's Eve) and "detox". Also a hog is a pig, notoriously filthy animals!
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Comments: Hogmanitox
fonka99 - 2007-01-01: 08:32:00
Very witty! Good stuff.
egonschiela - 2007-01-01: 13:22:00
Notoriously filthy? No. Pigs are naturally very clean and avoid, if at all possible, soiling their living areas! Their confinement is man-made. But I like your word.
Bulletchewer - 2007-01-02: 16:42:00
Yeah, rolling in the mud is a clear sign of hygiene obsession! Also note that the Bible (you know, that reliable classic) calls swine "unclean". Most importantly, it was a befittingly crude generalization.
egonschiela - 2007-01-02: 18:55:00
....snorts, and puts head back in bucket.