hatchetation means A violent protest against the drinking of alcohol in which the protester attacks the bar with a hatchet. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
Why this word is great
HATCHETATION — [Noun] A violent protest against the sale or consumption of alcohol, characterized by the use of a hatchet to vandalize a bar or saloon. Coined by temperance activist Carrie Nation (1846–1911) from *hatchet* (a small axe) + the suffix *-ation* (denoting an action or process), likely as a pun on *agitation*. Unlike *vandalism* (a general, amoral smashing) or *protest* (a broad dissent often voiced, not enacted), hatchetation is a specific, righteous, and theatrical obliteration. It is the crystalline shatter of a mirrored backbar, the amber river of spilled bourbon soaking into sawdust, and the stark silhouette of a widow in black raising her notched blade—a performance of purity through ruin, carving a better world from the wreckage of this one.
noun
- A violent protest against the drinking of alcohol in which the protester attacks the bar with a hatchet.“I tell you I was strongly tempted to perform a little hatchetation on them. And cigarette smoke? Phew!”