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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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Inebricate
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: i/nee/bri/KAYT
Sentence: Kenny was clearly inebricating when he typed "blue" in response to the "age" question.
Etymology: inebriate+communicate
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COMMENTS:
Goes well with inebremail. - Mustang, 2008-11-24: 23:43:00
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Booziemail
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: bOO'zē.māl
Sentence: Billy begged his lady boss not to fire him for sending her a booziemail bitching about her bitchiness.
Etymology: From: 1) Boozy: characterized by the drinking of alcohol to excess. 2) Email: computer-to-computer communication system; a system that allows text-based messages to be exchanged electronically, e.g. between computers or cell phones. Full form: electronic mail.
Blogmail
Created by: purpleman
Pronunciation: blog/mail
Sentence: BLOGMAIL is usully when your drunk and u send a email that is drunkafid
Etymology: blog+mail
Picklederring
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: pikld/airing
Sentence: Please disregard the email sent out yesterday that stated the company dress code has changed to embrace 'Topless Tuesdays' It was clearly a picklederring.
Etymology: pickled (inebriated) + err + pickled herring
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COMMENTS:
Great word in a very funny sentence that evokes images of co-workers might have gone on to grin and bare it! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 16:27:00
left the word 'that' out between co-worked and might. Aplogies to all! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 16:28:00
blew it again ... but you get the gist of it. Freudian typos are plaguing me today! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 16:29:00
I've gotten a few of those and probably sent one or two as well. - Mustang, 2008-11-24: 23:44:00
We've ALL been guilty of backing talkwards. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-25: 10:50:00
Looks great - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-29: 14:48:00
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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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Emailbriated
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ee-mail-bree-ay-ted
Sentence: as i opened the message it became clear quite quickly that my friend had been emailbriated
Etymology: email, inebriated
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COMMENTS:
Clever!! - libertybelle, 2008-01-31: 08:51:00
Especially apropos for drunken e-males! lol! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-31: 11:47:00
Let's become gender-specific: what about femailbriated, hemailbriated, shemailbriated. Good word1 - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-31: 22:34:00
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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...)
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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Occupatoxicatient
Created by: daniellegeorge
Pronunciation: ok-yoo-pa-toxi-ca-shient
Sentence: "Last night at happy hour, Harry was such a huge occupatoxicatient that he forced us to watch his special 'web-cam dance.'"
Etymology:
Shwasted
Created by: ErikLarson
Pronunciation: Shh Waste Ed
Sentence: I got home from a long day and was really bored so I got Shwasted by myself.
Etymology: Sh- Shoot Waste- Altered
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