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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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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
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
I always thought gin was made from hair tonic. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-25: 11:07:00
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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
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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Etoxicated
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ee tox ikay ted
Sentence: When Brian arrived late for work, he was horrified to find out that he had e-toxicated his boss the night before and was getting both a bad headache and his pink slip.
Etymology: e (short for electronic) & intoxicated (three sheets to the wind)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-31: 11:40:00
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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
Microbrewerysoft
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: my kro broo eree soft
Sentence: Michael was quickly fading into microbrewerysoft mode, after a night of tippling and typing. The false courage and lack of inhibition that the local brew gave him, made him usually send out e-mails or blogs that he would spend weeks trying to amend for. Yes, it was high time that computers came with breathalyzers. Don't Drink and N-Drive!
Etymology: Microsoft (Computer Giant) & Micro Brewery (Small local brewery, usually makes beer and ale the old-fashioned way, often attached to a pub)
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COMMENTS:
Admire the way you embedded one word within another so successfully! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-25: 11:24:00
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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 (drunk) + err + pickled herring
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COMMENTS:
Outstanding. I also like the subtext of the "derring" in there, as it is a heroicly daring prospect to email the company while soused. - Banky, 2008-01-31: 11:04:00
I liked the derring do in your Topless Tuesdays! That might cause a flap in more ways than one! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-31: 11:44:00
Absolute magic! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-31: 16:18:00
Another amaaazing word to continue your daily barrage of winning verboticisms. - Stevenson0, 2008-01-31: 23:28:00
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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:
Postaldisorder
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Po-stal-diss-or-der
Sentence: After a heavy bout of binge drinking Nigel was in a complete state of postaldisorder. He decided to email his boss to tell him what he'd been dying to say for ages. He told him that he sufferered from terrible BO and everyone in the office had noticed, he recommended that he should go straight to the chemist and get himself a strong deodorant. In his drunken haze he was sure that his boss would thank him first thing Monday morning.
Etymology: Post(mail) + Disorder(a disruption of the normal physical or mental functions, well known to be bought on by excessive alcohol consumption.
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COMMENTS:
Captures that sense of danger in drunk emailing! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 17:00:00
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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