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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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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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Boozeyears

Created by: bluenutria

Pronunciation: BOOZ-yeers

Sentence: "Hey, Rod. What are you doing for Boozeyears?" "Oh, just staying in with the family." "What?! That's lame!"

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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.

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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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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

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Auldlangstoned

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /awld-lang-stohnd/

Sentence: Because of her tradition of getting Auldlangstoned well before midnight on New Year's Eve, Charlene could never quite remember how she'd brought in the new year — who she was with, or what she'd been doing — and she actually seemed resigned to that fatalistic custom, with her customary 'devil-may-care' attitude.

Etymology: auld lang syne - traditional New Years phrase and song; referring to 'the good old days' (from Scottish, auld "old" + lang "long" + syne "since") + stoned - intoxicated, inebriated (shortening of 'stone-drunk')

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COMMENTS:

Good try: looked to go the same way myself with "AULDLANGCATARIZE" But "She" who must be obeyed told me:" Don't be ridiculous!" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-01: 19:46:00

I meant "AULDLANGCATHARIZE" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-01: 19:48:00

Ow, that sounds painful, Oz. - Tigger, 2008-01-02: 02:31:00

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