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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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Rendeveous
Created by: heydj
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "He was rendeveous towards that man."
Etymology:
Glitchgreeting
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: glich/greet/ing
Sentence: Had Bismark Long-Pocket owned a copy of "The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook" or "Cultural Etiquette: A Guide for the Well-Intentioned", he would never have uttered such a glitchgreeting to the Quack-pots and Nag-Gnostics in his office.
Etymology: glitch: a malfunction or minor problem with unintended consequences + greeting: an expression of good wishes
Hohohumdrum
Created by: geekgrrl
Pronunciation:
Sentence: 'I like to say Merry Christmas, instead of Happy Hoidays. It just seems so HoHoHumdrum.'
Etymology:
Celebracialize
Created by: crazytown
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Johnny's father attempted to celebracialize with the other parents at the public school's Holiday Festival, but was only met with awkward silence.
Etymology:
Oblivioffend
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: uh-bliv-ee-uh-fend
Sentence: He continued to oblivioffend our guests by saying "All faiths have equally ridiculous celebrations. So lets just party."
Etymology: From oblivious meaning unaware and offend meaning to cause resentment.
Unigratings
Created by: wordbird
Pronunciation: uni-grat-ings
Sentence: I'm tired of the bland and safe holiday unigratings that are crafted for sensitivity.
Etymology: universal (comb. form); grating
Masholiday
Created by: Dancebert
Pronunciation: Mash-ol-i-day
Sentence: Tom's birthday was December 30th so it was always combined with New Years Eve as a masholiday.
Etymology: Mash - to smash together Masher - (obsolete slang) a man who makes passes at women Holiday - duh ...
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