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DEFINITION: To offer non-denominational, inter-faith seasonal greetings, which are nevertheless a tad politically incorrect.
Verboticisms
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Fauxmas
Created by: elstiko
Pronunciation: Fo-mah (or Fohcksmas, if you prefer)
Sentence: Joel made an astonishing fauxmas by wishing his Turkish colleague a happy ANZAC day.
Etymology: From Faux Pas and Xmas, obviously.
Holipease
Created by: Dooreatoe
Pronunciation: hol-i-peez
Sentence: At my office holiday party, I was having a difficult time attempt to holipease the Christians, Atheists and Jewish people all at once.
Etymology:
Fakitusgreetingus
Created by: jonique
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Carl's fakitusgreetinguses always seem phony and forced.
Etymology:
Goatseyule
Created by: greeneye
Pronunciation: Goat-see-yool
Sentence: Bob opened his speech with what he intended as a cheerful-but-vague holiday greeting, but which actually goatseyuled the entire crowd.
Etymology: goatse: web-ese, for a stretched out gaping anus; yule: relating to the holidays
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COMMENTS:
- greeneye, 2006-12-12: 12:25:00
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Guiltreet
Created by: schmoozyduh
Pronunciation: Gill-trEEt
Sentence: While it was polite of Susan to give me guiltreet, it made me feel like a stranger.
Etymology: "Guiltreet" is believed to be a combination of the words "guilt" and "greet." The reasoning behind this is possibly the guilt associated with the people that were overly concerned with offending people of any religious preference.
Blexxpletive
Created by: coinstar
Pronunciation: blecks-ple-tive, (n). See also "to blexxplicate" (v).
Sentence: Uncle Bob trumpeted his arrival with a round of hearty blexpletives that are best forgotten.
Etymology: bless + expletive (deleted)
Unsocialseasoner
Created by: kimbo123
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He's never invited to holiday parties, because he is an unsocialseasoner.
Etymology:
Comments:
wordmeister - 2006-12-12: 10:34:00
Hey quippingqueen, Good glitch! And I like your quack-pots and nag-gnostics too.
warped - 2006-12-12: 15:58:00
My bad-I didn't see there was already a word like holicide (yulecide). Also, "Fauxmas" is also mine, before I figured out how to log in. :/
warped - 2006-12-12: 15:59:00
Also-yaaay, i'm in the top five right now!
hvhtim - 2006-12-12: 16:01:00
don't forget to vote for politicalmas the holiday of political correctness
wordmeister - 2006-12-12: 17:46:00
Hye babel, you're still at the top even with all the new competition. May I wish you a "feliznaviwhosyourdaddy"!
babel - 2006-12-12: 18:15:00
You may meister, and congrats for 'feliz..' jabberwocky. i was really shocked to see all these new entries, thought there had been a mass spamming.
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-13: 13:01:00
hats off to a true wordsmith Babel