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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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Insaludate
Created by: Benperson
Pronunciation: (in-SAL-yoo-dayt)
Sentence: I was embarrassed when my atheist Grandpa insaludated my Jewish teacher.
Etymology:
Whoreliday
Created by: Y2Cajun
Pronunciation: HOR-li-da
Sentence: Happy Whorelidays!
Etymology:
Yulephemism
Created by: simon1081
Pronunciation: yule-fe-miss-m
Sentence: Rabbi Scwartz offered the Kwanzaa celebrators a hearty Yulephemism
Etymology:
Seasincorectness
Created by: JckDnl
Pronunciation: Sea-sin-kor-ekt-nes
Sentence: Everyone at the party had had enough of Charlie's seasincorectness
Etymology: Season + Incorrectness
Exodecembrating
Created by: artbegotti
Pronunciation: ek'so-dEE-sem"bray-ting
Sentence: "Christmas shopping used to be easy, until the stores began exodecembrating for the neighbors down the street... now, there are so many "Holiday Spectacular" sales, I don't have time to visit them all!"
Etymology: From the Latin "ex" meaning "out of", and the Anglican "December" meaning "tenth month". I don't get it either.
Exmaspale
Created by: frenzi
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Nick always tried not to offend anyone, yet somehow, after a few drinks, he always managed to exmaspale somebody.
Etymology: From xmas - the non-christian way of referring to Dec 25th, and the phrase "beyond the pale" - meaning just outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour.
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