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DEFINITION: v., To write an email while under the influence of an intoxicating substance. n., An email or blog post where the author has chosen to ignore standard literary and social conventions -- thanks to a liberal consumption of alcohol.
Verboticisms
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Tipsymail
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /tip-see-mayl/
Sentence: Our senior co-worker, Frank, would enjoy himself at Happy Hour at the bar next door to the office, but then he'd sometimes return to work, and tipsymail the group about next week's assignments. It's hard to believe that someone can 'slur' in e-mail like that...
Etymology: tipsy - slightly intoxicated or drunk (from Middle English, typen "to upset, overturn") + e-mail (short for electronic mail — but of course, you already knew that.)
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COMMENTS:
Last sentence really cracked me up! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-31: 11:39:00
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Emulled
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: E muhld
Sentence: For having emulled you all, I apologise. Please disregard the emulls with the following subject lines: Turkey Time Is Hear AGin! ... Oh Beer! Vodkan the matter be?
Etymology: Emulled - Email and mulled. Mulled meaning heated, seasoned, or flavored with wine, beer or (hard) cider. In other words Emails mulled by alcohol.
Soppisstry
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: sop/piss/tree
Sentence: He frequently alarmed his girlfriend with his soppisstry.
Etymology: sop + pissed + e (as in email) + sophistry (unsound reasoning)
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COMMENTS:
Terrific triad! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-31: 12:00:00
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Geerbloggle
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: gear-blog-ul
Sentence: Bella cursed inwardly when she read back the geerbloggle she posted at 2.00am and looked at the photographs from her night out. Just which one of these ugly mugs had she described as a "golden Adonis" on her blog? They were all hideous!
Etymology: beer goggle (perception that things are much better than they are - like rose-coloured glasses, but brought on by too much beer) + blog + it's mixed up as though the interlocutor has had too many drinks
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COMMENTS:
Could geerbloggle also be a Spoonerism of sorts on your words of beer, blog, goggle ... and maybe even the end of the word bottle as in beer bottle? I like it. Very creative ... and we don't see very many spoonerisms here. You might just have inspired more! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 16:37:00
I think I remember doing something like that myself. - Mustang, 2008-11-24: 23:36:00
Very clever. Hooray! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-25: 10:48:00
yes definitely a spoonerism - petaj, 2008-11-26: 02:49:00
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Eepissle
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: eee piss ill
Sentence: his eepissles had cost him three jobs, two wives and custody of three rather fetching goats.
Etymology: epistle e-mail, pissed
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COMMENTS:
Niiice. - Maxine, 2008-01-31: 07:33:00
Cute. - ErWenn, 2008-01-31: 09:33:00
you are so funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-31: 11:24:00
great sentence; nice word! Hope he didn't become the but of everyone jokes! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-31: 22:28:00
letter perfect, galwaywegian! - Nosila, 2008-01-31: 23:22:00
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Etoxigram
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: EE-tok-si-gram. The word would appear in print as E-toxigram.
Sentence: Upon reading the first words of the etoxigram, Bob's boss realized that Bob was cybersloshed again. It read, " i hdd a f-ewe shotz @ MOZZZ, bhuut iM nut P155'd or brit schlitzy. N E. whey iV phound "42" inn th' i'z ov MY K9 M8***** saulz a A bitt p2C2@E === C u L8rrr///>.
Etymology: E- from email; TOXI from intoxicate & GRAM: a "written" message sent by email. "42" : the answer to life, and everything. (Hitchiker's Guide) P2C2E: a process too complicated to explain.
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COMMENTS:
great word! - chaiandallthatjazz, 2008-01-31: 10:42:00
Unique creation of drunken web abbreviations ...great sentence! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-31: 11:51:00
even your slurry sentences are entertaining - great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-31: 12:02:00
A most creative sentence to go with your brilliant word! - Stevenson0, 2008-01-31: 23:21:00
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Perplext
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: pur-plekst
Sentence: Josh posted pure perplext Saturday night, something about 'jeeping it real' and 'finding peas with his ex', but I'm sure Tim will let us know what happened as soon as he bails him out of jail.
Etymology: perplex + text
Inebremail
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: in-E-bree-mayl
Sentence: Nursing a massive hangover as he reviewed his sent email folder Delbert was dismayed to learn that during the fog of a massive binge he had sent several highly inappropriate inebremails to his boss, his best friend's girlfriend, and several other friends and business associates and he knew it was going to be difficult to explain.
Etymology: Blend of inebriated and email
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COMMENTS:
Makes you wonder how much "out there" is written under the influence... - Nosila, 2008-11-24: 20:19:00
Probably quite a bit. - Mustang, 2008-11-24: 23:33:00
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Liquormail
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: Lick-er-may-all
Sentence: I recieved an email from Bob the other day, but I can't quite work out what it means. It looks like liquormail or something to me. Oh yea I remember he said he was going to drink that bottle of Verbotomy Port if he got sacked and then attempt to email his... oh sh*t!
Etymology: Liquor - an alcoholic drink, especially of the type produced by distillation, e.g. whisky, rather than of the type produced by fermentation, e.g. wine or beer. Mail - To send somebody a messege via any forms of communication.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Dougalistic - 2008-01-31: 04:25:00
3 people came up with the word inebriated.. Hmm I sense a conspiricy theory here! Haha.
Maybe we're all drinking from the same bottle. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James