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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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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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Gincommunicado

Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: jin - com - meoon - ick - cod - oh

Sentence: Sheila had issues again today. Now on her seventh gin and tonic, she made the mistake of emailing everyone she was angry at or felt had in some way slighted her during the past ten years. She was totally gincommunicado for several hours until she fell asleep at her keyboard. Everytime this happened she would awaken and see the evidence of her rampage as her inbox filled with confused and angry emails, mostly from people she hadn't seen in years. Thankfully, the number of people who answered her was dwindling....but she really bemoaned the fact that she had few friends left.

Etymology: Gin (a type of strong liquor flavored with juniper berries) plus incommunicado which means a state or condition in which one is unable or unwilling to communicate.

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COMMENTS:

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-24: 15:09:00

DaddyNewt Nice word! - DaddyNewt, 2008-11-24: 15:17:00

Winsome! Whoops ... perhaps that should be Ginsome! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 15:59:00

Sheila was sloe to learn! - Nosila, 2008-11-24: 20:18:00

metrohumanx I always thought gin was made from hair tonic. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-25: 11:07:00

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Alcoholla

Created by: Maxine

Pronunciation: al kuh HOLLA!

Sentence: mary wats up hows the kiids> hey what yo mean i drunj thi snot a acohlla

Etymology: alcohol + holla (obnoxious greeting)

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COMMENTS:

Man, you can get these just by driving past a bar/grill where some people you know happen to be getting blitzed. Good word! - ErWenn, 2008-01-31: 09:32:00

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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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libertybelle 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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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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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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Communenebreation

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kom myun ee nee bree ayshun

Sentence: Bud Nonweiser had a deadline for 6 am and a love of hops in their liquid form. He had already written many draftbeerdrafts of his report for work, but the more he drank, the worse his editing and decision making skills became. After a brief doze, face imprinted with his keyboard, he decided that his current drafts (both the beer and the report) were tasty and refreshing. His boss, Pete Totaller, must have understood that a report e-mailed off at 4:20 am, making no sense and in an alternate form of English must be a form of communenebreation. He decided quickly that this Bud's not for you and e-mailed him back his severance notice.

Etymology: Communication (transfer thoughts or feelings) & Inebreation (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) & en-e-breation (electronically intoxicated)

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COMMENTS:

Bud's to you! - splendiction, 2010-04-20: 23:14:00

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Alcohello

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: al-kuh-he-loh

Sentence: Roger sort of remembers sending out an alcohello to his buds last night. Actually, he updated his Facebook status, Tweeted, posted to his blog and emailed everybody on his contact list. Now, through blood-shot eyes, he is trying figure out what he said that offended some 2,000 people.

Etymology: alcohol (whiskey, gin, vodka, or any other intoxicating liquor) + hello (used to express a greeting, answer a telephone, or attract attention)

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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

metrohumanx 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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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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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