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'What do you mean I'm too drunk to email my boss?'

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.

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Sloshoeuvre

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: slosh-OO-vre.....(akin to slosh over)

Sentence: Jarhead didn't have a drinking problem. Like so many unfortunates, he simply "sucked at life". A prolific writer as well as an olympic-class drinker, all his talents seemed to merge one tragic evening as his creative thoughts began to SLOSHOEUVRE. The meniscus of his mind began to decant delerious declarations which he hastily posted to...who knows where? Jarhead began to communiquart with everyone who had ever wronged him just before he puked into his keyboard. His writings had a certain claret-y which was apparent only from his side of the bacchanalian veil which slowly descended as the evening wore on. After several bottles of "Old Verbotomy" (aged at least a week), he began typing in some indecipherable code, which was probably for the best, because his enraged friends broke down the door and used a handtruck to get him into detox just before his liver failed. Now he admits he's powerless over alcohol, and Jarhead is the most popular speaker at the 12 Step House, next to the train tracks in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Etymology: SLOSH+OEUVRE=SLOSHOEUVRE.....SLOSH:The tendency of a liquid to move back and forth, often in a nauseating manner;blend of slop and slush (c.1814).....OEUVRE:a substantial body of work constituting the lifework of a writer, an artist, or a poet often composed while inebriated;French œuvre, literally, work, from Old French ovre.

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COMMENTS:

If you are bilingual, when you sloshoeuvre your emails, are they in E-nglish/French too? Nice combo and etymology. - silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 16:23:00

metrohumanx Thanks, S.A. That was my first attempt at incorporating a French word....Pretentious? Moi?.... Wooly Bully-wooly Bully-Wooly Bully! :) - metrohumanx, 2008-11-24: 16:32:00

metrohumanx I'm not bilingual, but I AM tripolar. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-24: 16:33:00

metrohumanx Christmas is coming. I buy all my gifts at Goblertoys. http://goblertoys.com/ - metrohumanx, 2008-11-24: 16:35:00

ROFL! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 17:11:00

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Vistuporant

Created by: adjoviant

Pronunciation: vie stew poor ant

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Etymology: vituperate /w stupor & /w rant

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Bukowskegram

Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: byoo-cowsk-e-gramm

Sentence: Trent hoped that picture his college roommate had sent him was in fact a close-up of a sphinx cat kitten, or maybe an out-of-focus shar pei. It was wishful thinking on his behalf, though, as he had been e-bagged in a Bukowskegram.

Etymology: Bukowski - Charles Bukowski, famous alcohol loving author, e - as in electronic/email, gram - from telegram

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COMMENTS:

In hindsight, Bukowskemail would flow a little better, but I like the old fashioned quaintness of gram along with Chuck. - Banky, 2008-01-31: 11:02:00

love the literary reference - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-31: 12:00:00

Good word! Chuck had to be in there somewhere! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-31: 22:24:00

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Geerbloggle

petaj

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

metrohumanx Very clever. Hooray! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-25: 10:48:00

petaj yes definitely a spoonerism - petaj, 2008-11-26: 02:49:00

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Tipsticulate

Created by: emdeejay

Pronunciation: tips tick you late

Sentence: Arlene almost died from embarrassment when her boss mentioned her incomprehensible late night email. She has a tendency to tipsticulate after finishing a bottle of red with her dinner.

Etymology: From the vernacular 'Tipsy' and articulate (to say)

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Prost

Created by: urbanwookie

Pronunciation: proast

Sentence: Bolstered by beer, Simon felt no hesitation in sending a series of candid prosts to his in-laws.

Etymology: prost - German drinking toast

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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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Shotmail

libertybelle

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: shaht-mayl

Sentence: It was utterly clear to Bonnie that her ex-husband was sending out emails from his shotmail account last night as she waded through his misspellings proclaiming that he was so sorry they ever split up and that he was sorry that she was such a bitch to him. She didn't know it was possible to slur in text, but somehow Phil had captured the essence of what he had found in the bottom of the bottle of Johnnie Walker. She supposed, however, that it still beat him drunk dialing her at 3 am.

Etymology: shot - a small portion of liquor + Hotmail - a well known site for email.

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With just one letter addition you created a perfect fit for the definition. It's difficult to meld two words into a new one with just 1 letter! Great Create! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 16:52:00

metrohumanx Positively INSPIRED! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-25: 11:04:00

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Higheohno

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: High-E-oh-no

Sentence: Phil E. Buster didn't like to sober up after a drunken session of emailing, for then he had to face the music of his HighEohnos!

Etymology: High for being high on alcohol, E for email - oh no that comes when sober ... and all a play on Hi-de-ho-ho, a slangy greeting.

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COMMENTS:

After all your liquor-name inspired creations, it was very hard to resist the temptation of choosing highballEng! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-31: 12:19:00

> a play on Hi-de-ho-ho, a slangy greeting. Amusing word but... where are you from that people say that? :] - Tigger, 2008-02-01: 00:49:00

It's what the neighbor always says on Tooltime! It is rather archaic ... isn't it? Except for that tv show! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 09:41:00

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Inboxicated

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: in box i kay ted

Sentence: Jamie was amazed to go into work one Monday and find out he was fired...he was mystified. Turns out he had drank so much on Friday night before sending his boss a self-destructive e-mail. Note to self, unplug your computer when you feel inboxicated!

Etymology: Inbox (a place on a computer where email messages which are sent to you are kept) & Intoxicated (drunk, inebriated, under the influence...)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-01-31: 01:50:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-01-31: 07:44:00
Maybe we're all drinking from the same bottle. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-04-20: 00:02:00
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James