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A practice expressly prohibited by Sweevo, the God of Uncut Lumber.

In conversation with Offler, he frankly admitted that he didn't know what it was, but it gets them worried.

Sweevo should really take more care in inventing Abominations unto the Gods, as when you disentangle the supposedly nonsensical polysyllables he has just assembled, they appear to mean:-

a cosmetic operation, undertaken with the intention of making things look better by indiscriminately punishing, blasting or smiting all and everything within sight"

which is 80% of the definition of Godhood. Sweevo has inadvertently placed a ban on one of the practices that makes being a God worthwhile (to a God). Luckily, most Gods have difficulty with words longer than two syllables, so very probably will not notice (and of course, Gods have never felt themselves to be bound by their own rules. Rules are for worshippers to follow).

This semantic own goal is scored in The Last Hero