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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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Chrismahanukwanzaakize
Created by: mlw1235
Pronunciation: Chris-Mah-Hahn-ah-qu-wahn-za-kai-ze
Sentence: Will you please stop trying to chrismahanukwanzaakize me?
Etymology: Many Religions holiday traditions in verb form.
Holicaustify
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: hol-e-corse-ti-fy
Sentence: It was particularly cringe-worthy to hear Michael holicaustify the diverse range of guests.
Etymology: From "holy/holiday", "horrify" and "caustic" meaning acidic or harsh. Is, of course, a pun on Holocaust, making the word a little risky, but, in my view, adding to the effectiveness of the gestures it describes, as they are offensive/insensitive.
Greesting
Created by: meiyas
Pronunciation:
Sentence: he always try to greesting other people, and see if they manage to get it.
Etymology: the word comes from a combination of greeting and sting, meaning you are greeting someone but there is a hidden sting
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
Jerngle
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: jern-gul
Sentence: That fool is going to jerngle himself all the way to a slap in the face.
Etymology: A distant relative of the noun jinglejerk.
Wishtickle
Created by: dsingleton
Pronunciation: wish-tick-le
Sentence: You don't celebrate Christmas . . well a Merry Wishtickle to you!
Etymology:
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