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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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Nogablution
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nog-uh-bloo-shuh n
Sentence: With Christmas behind her and the office closed for the week, Vickie prepares for the New Year with her annual nobablution. "Be gone" she says to herself as she rinses away the Christmas overindulgences still in her system and certain portions of her short-term memory.
Etymology: nog (any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcohol; eggnog) + ablution (ritual cleansing)
Ginification
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: jin-i-fie-cay-shun
Sentence: The traditional ginification ritual, usually takes place on new years eve, and involve the consumption of much alcohol.
Etymology:
Annelixirate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: an-ee-LIKS-uhr-ate
Sentence: To the strains of "Auld Lang Syne" Roxie ritually annelixirated, hoping for a happy and, certainly, healthy New Year.
Etymology: Blend of ANN (of anno): year; ELIXIR (potion supposing to prolong life) & ATE: suffix forming both verb & noun forms.
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COMMENTS:
To the strains of "Auld Lang Syne" Roxie ritually annelixirated, hoping for a happy and, certainly, healthy New Year. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-01: 03:27:00
Good one -- nice use of 'annus'/annual root. - Tigger, 2008-01-02: 02:48:00
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Boozerwha
Created by: freakystyley
Pronunciation: Boo-Zer-Waa
Sentence: Apparently Billy had no idea that a boozerwha and an alchoholic are worlds apart.
Etymology: Booze + What
Happyphiltre
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hap pee fil ter
Sentence: When Lola wanted to celebrate New Year's Eve, she used straight vodka as her happyphiltre. It cleared out her pipes and enhanced her sex appeal, she thought...until she fell into the arms of Morpheus.
Etymology: Happy (pleasure/joy) & Philtre (love potion)& Wordplay on Hepa filter (High Efficiency Particulate Air)used in medical, airplane, home filters to eliminate 99.9% of pollutants)
Detoxiration
Created by: Phunky
Pronunciation: dee-tox-ir-AY-shun
Sentence: With her liver close to failure, she embarked on a rigorous programme of detoxiration
Etymology: Portmanteau of detox and elixir, plus something to make it a bit more verby-nounified. If you know what I mean. I liked "detoxir" more but it's not what the definition calls for.
Yearendema
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: yer-end-em-a
Sentence: She took the yearendema on the last stroke of midnight and spent New Year's Day running to her favorite room in the house!
Etymology: year for year and 'yer' - end which also refers to your butt - and that end with ema is a play on the word enema.
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COMMENTS:
Very Interesting! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-01: 19:40:00
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Festimulant
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fes-TIM-yew-lent
Sentence: As was her usual habit at Christmas time, Melanie got an early start on her festimulant, a healthy 'tonic' she claimed gave her an overall tuneup, though everyone knew it was tomato juice, vodka and a dash of hot sauce...an ordinary Bloody Mary.
Etymology: Blend of 'fest' or 'festival' (of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival) and 'stimulant' (substance that invigorates)
Purgetorial
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Purj - uh - TOR - eeyl
Sentence: Charlotte made her usual vile tasting New Year purgetorial elixir and in her haste to get it over with she simply downed it all directly from the food processor.
Etymology: Play on words using purge, purgatory and ritual
Drunkassage
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: der-unk-uh-saw-ja
Sentence: Her last drunkassage had left the drink table near empty.
Etymology: drunk-massage
