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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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Fauxfauxfaux
Created by: Prios
Pronunciation: foe foe foe (Same pronunciation as "faux" three times)
Sentence:
Etymology: From "Faux pas" (social blunder).
Ignorancisms
Created by: erwalter
Pronunciation: ig·no·rance·isms
Sentence: Walmart has stopped using ignoancisms such as "happy holidays" and is guessing the faith of people and greeting them accordinly
Etymology: ignorance + "isms"
Happyholidayism
Created by: truefedwa
Pronunciation: hap-ee-hol-i-day-is-m
Sentence: Wal-Mart recently abandoned its happyholidayism and returned to "Merry Christmas"
Etymology: Happy+Holiday
Hermonilize
Created by: currentlyinsolitude
Pronunciation: her-moan-ahleyeze
Sentence: The party had been hermonilized, so many different religions had gathered
Etymology: Spanish
Desalutation
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: dE-Salu-ta-Shun
Sentence: Jim, known for being uncouth, consistantly made folks uncomfortable at the part with his awkward desalutations.
Etymology: de: away + salutation
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