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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.
Politicalmas
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: political-mas
Sentence:
Etymology: political, christmas
Pixying
Created by: helanren
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Article 11.1.2a : all officers will refrain from pixying at all times
Etymology: an acronym of Politically Incorrect Xmasgreeting
Horriday
Created by: LostAccount
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
a - LostAccount, 2006-12-14: 00:38:00
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Hollisays
Created by: ronarscorruption
Pronunciation: Hall-ee-saees
Sentence: I tend to give people hollisays around the holidays.
Etymology:
Fauxkwanza
Created by: xcruser88x
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Assuming that his Brazilian coworker was African, Michael cheerily fauxkwanzad him.
Etymology: faux pas + kwanzaa (missing "a" a fauxkwanza in itself)
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