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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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Ecumennoel
Created by: TheBocaj
Pronunciation: EK-yoo-MEN-noh-el
Sentence: "And we wish you a joyous Ecumennoël from all of us here at the new CW...because we're not really sure yet who's still watching..."
Etymology: Interdenominational/Interreligious [ecumenical] holiday season/Christmas greetings [Noël]
Republandism
Created by: POKETNRJSH
Pronunciation: re-pub-bland-ism
Sentence: That commercial wishing me a happy "chrismakwanzakah" was filled with republandism.
Etymology: What's more bland than a poorly-worded politically correct phrase that some republican thought up?
Holyhail
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: HO-lee-HAYL
Sentence: We exchanged holyhails, and went our separate ways.
Etymology: holy - associated with a divine power hail - to greet enthusiastically, praise
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COMMENTS:
If it makes any difference, I was also Guest... then had to go and register! - Guthlaf1, 2006-12-13: 06:45:00
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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.
Merhunkquanmiss
Created by: SpazKaz
Pronunciation: Mer-hank-quan-miss
Sentence: Merhunkquanmiss asshole
Etymology: From the bullshit combination of all cultures
Celeberate
Created by: Sissyphus
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Disdaining any particular seasonal tradition, he celeberated them all with "Happy week of the highest suicide rate!"
Etymology: portmanteau of celebrate and berate
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