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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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Drunkmail
Created by: kmartinmt
Pronunciation: drunk-mail
Sentence: An added feature to your emails. inbox, spam, junkmail, drunkmail. A special hangout for your drinking friends.
Etymology:
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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Inebrite
Created by: zebrahdh
Pronunciation: E-nee-bryt (past tense- E-nee-broht
Sentence: After a long night of drinking, the only thing left to do is inebrite an email to my exgirlfriend telling her I miss her.
Etymology: inebriated + write
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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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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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:
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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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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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