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DEFINITION: A traditional cleansing ritual used to prepare for the New Year -- often includes the consumption of special tonics or potions.
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Alcoholiday
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: al-coh-HAHL-ih-day
Sentence: Jim performed his traditional alcholiday on Dec. 30 -- just in case he wasn't sober enough to remember it on the 31st.
Etymology: alcohol + holiday
Bingerenewal
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: binsh-re-nu-val
Sentence: At the party, Jane had a bingerenewal and woke up in a totally new year, in a totally new room, with a totally new guy.
Etymology: binge as in binge-drinkin and the rest you can figure out yourself.
Martiniize
Created by: norallama
Pronunciation: Martineez
Sentence: This year's made me feel so dirty -- I'll need a good martiniizing come December 31st.
Etymology: From "martini," the drink, and "Martinizing," the dry cleaning (as in clothes) process.
Toxiceilidhgy
Created by: Psychicsi
Pronunciation: tox-i-kay-lee-gy
Sentence: Fatima and her fellow students studied hard for their toxiceilidhgy assignment, which involved the consumption of a variety of punch and egg nog.
Etymology: Toxicology, mixed with a traditional Scottish social event - the ceilidh.
Tequitox
Created by: dstorm78
Pronunciation: Tah-kee-toks
Sentence: Tomorrow I'll be slamming my liquid tequitox to wash this year out of my hair.
Etymology: A combination of tequila, an oft used cleansing liquor, and the act of 'detox'-ing your body to cleans it.
Auldlangsenema
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: alld-langs-en-em-a
Sentence: Kate's auldlangsenema consisted of wheat germ and egg smoothies; she was gonna get wasted on New Years.
Etymology: Aulg langs + enema
Colalonics
Created by: a68tbird
Pronunciation: col-a-lon-ics
Sentence: An oral ingestion of any brand Colalonic will cleanse the digestion tract, and prepare the liver for oncoming abuse.
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Spiritflush
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: spear-it-flush
Sentence: he wondered if one bottle of vodka would be enough to spiritflush his system
Etymology: spirit and flush
Lushflush
Created by: veevega
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Gary, who hasn't caught the flu in over ten years, contributes his good health to his participation in our annual lushflush.
Etymology:
Purgotic
Created by: Carole
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After the Christmas and New Year reveling, a strong purgotic was called for.
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