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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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Hoovermanuver
Created by: dmskb2000
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COMMENTS:
Great word ... says it all in a rhymetyme! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-01: 14:55:00
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Alcoclean
Created by: TheUrbanRabbit
Pronunciation: AL-co-cleen
Sentence: The annual alcocleaning party was held in Dei's apartment, where guests cleared away last year's guilt with multiple applications of apple margaritas.
Etymology: Alcohol + clean/cleaning
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)
Drunkassage
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: der-unk-uh-saw-ja
Sentence: Her last drunkassage had left the drink table near empty.
Etymology: drunk-massage
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)
Neofication
Created by: inias
Pronunciation: nee-o-fee-kay-shun
Sentence: The process of neofication always includes consumption of alcohol at the new year's after-parties.
Etymology: new + purification.
Alcocatharsis
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: al/co/kuh/thahr/sis
Sentence: The annual New Year's alcocatharsis is a yearly ritual that rids of the old me so I can become the new perfect person I am meant to be.
Etymology: alcohol + catharsis
Libateoayt
Created by: Kazizzle
Pronunciation: Lie/bait/oh/ate
Sentence: Jill: Champagne is the best way to liebateoayt! Jack: If you say so.
Etymology: Libation - A beverage, especially an alcoholic one '08 - The New Year, 2008.
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.
Rumification
Created by: imashelcha
Pronunciation: Ruh.mi.fi.KAY.shun
Sentence: My life sucks, but it's nothing a little rumification can't solve!
Etymology: Rum + ramification
