{"id":252,"date":"2008-01-04T10:17:19","date_gmt":"2008-01-04T14:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=252"},"modified":"2008-01-04T10:17:19","modified_gmt":"2008-01-04T14:17:19","slug":"annelixirate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=252","title":{"rendered":"Annelixirate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> A traditional cleansing ritual used to prepare for the New Year &#8212; often includes the consumption of special tonics or potions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/drink2.gif\" alt=\"This will clean out all the toxins!\" height=\"400\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Annelixirate<\/strong>:  \/<em>an-ee-LIKS-uhr-ate<\/em>\/ To the strains of &#8220;Auld Lang Syne&#8221; Roxie ritually annelixirated, hoping for a happy and, certainly, healthy New Year.  <em>Etymology:<\/em> Blend of ANN (of anno): year; ELIXIR (potion supposing to prolong life) &amp; ATE: suffix forming both verb &amp; noun forms. <em>Created by:<\/em> OZZIEBOB.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Annelixirate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-01-01: 03:27:00<\/em><br \/>\nTo the strains of &#8220;Auld Lang Syne&#8221; Roxie ritually annelixirated, hoping for a happy and, certainly, healthy New Year.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Tigger\">Tigger<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-01-02: 02:48:00<\/em><br \/>\nGood one &#8212; nice use of &#8216;annus&#8217;\/annual root.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Indooxide<\/strong>:  \/<em>in-doe-ox-ide<\/em>\/ Sarah woke up with a hangover and drank some indooxide to clean out her body. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  indo for inside, oxide for cleanse. <em>Created by:<\/em> bobofet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purgetorial<\/strong>:  \/<em>Purj &#8211; uh &#8211; TOR &#8211; eeyl<\/em>\/ Charlotte made her usual vile tasting New Year purgetorial elixir and in her haste to get it over with she simply downed it all directly from the food processor. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Play on words using purge, purgatory and ritual  <em>Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Auldlangstoned<\/strong>:  \/<em>-awld-lang-stohnd-<\/em>\/ Because of her tradition of getting Auldlangstoned well before midnight on New Year&#8217;s Eve, Charlene could never quite remember how she&#8217;d brought in the new year \u00e2\u20ac\u201d who she was with, or what she&#8217;d been doing \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and she actually seemed resigned to that fatalistic custom, with her customary &#8216;devil-may-care&#8217; attitude. <em>Etymology:<\/em> auld lang syne &#8211; traditional New Years phrase and song; referring to &#8216;the good old days&#8217; (from Scottish, auld &#8220;old&#8221; + lang &#8220;long&#8221; + syne &#8220;since&#8221;) + stoned &#8211; intoxicated, inebriated (shortening of &#8216;stone-drunk&#8217;) <em>Created by:<\/em> Tigger.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Auldlangstoned:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-01-01: 19:46:00<\/em><br \/>\nGood try: looked to go the same way myself with &#8220;AULDLANGCATARIZE&#8221; But &#8220;She&#8221; who must be obeyed told me:&#8221; Don&#8217;t be ridiculous!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-01-01: 19:48:00<\/em><br \/>\nI meant &#8220;AULDLANGCATHARIZE&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Tigger\">Tigger<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-01-02: 02:31:00<\/em><br \/>\nOw, that sounds painful, Oz.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=drink2\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=drink2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative,<\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\/\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: A traditional cleansing ritual used to prepare for the New Year &#8212; often includes the consumption of special tonics or potions. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Annelixirate: \/an-ee-LIKS-uhr-ate\/ To the strains of &#8220;Auld Lang Syne&#8221; Roxie ritually annelixirated, hoping for a happy and, certainly, healthy New Year. Etymology: Blend of ANN &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=252\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Annelixirate<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[90,92,93,89,91,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}