Verboticism: Auldlangstoned
DEFINITION: A traditional cleansing ritual used to prepare for the New Year -- often includes the consumption of special tonics or potions.
Auldlangstoned
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /awld-lang-stohnd/
Sentence: Because of her tradition of getting Auldlangstoned well before midnight on New Year's Eve, Charlene could never quite remember how she'd brought in the new year — who she was with, or what she'd been doing — and she actually seemed resigned to that fatalistic custom, with her customary 'devil-may-care' attitude.
Etymology: auld lang syne - traditional New Years phrase and song; referring to 'the good old days' (from Scottish, auld "old" + lang "long" + syne "since") + stoned - intoxicated, inebriated (shortening of 'stone-drunk')
Points: 611
Comments: Auldlangstoned
OZZIEBOB - 2008-01-01: 19:46:00
Good try: looked to go the same way myself with "AULDLANGCATARIZE" But "She" who must be obeyed told me:" Don't be ridiculous!"
OZZIEBOB - 2008-01-01: 19:48:00
I meant "AULDLANGCATHARIZE"
Tigger - 2008-01-02: 02:31:00
Ow, that sounds painful, Oz.