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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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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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Alchemail
Created by: chaiandallthatjazz
Pronunciation: alk-e-mail
Sentence: Brandon's boss grew disgruntled upon reading his alchemail this morning. She can't fire him as he's one of the best scientists she has!
Etymology: alcohol + alchemy + email
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COMMENTS:
Diabolically clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-31: 11:53:00
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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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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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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...)
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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Communidrunkation
Created by: wayoffcenter
Pronunciation: kəmyoōnədrəngkāshən
Sentence: It wasn't his fault. His English professor told the class to research a word by experiencing its definition. Chris chose "intoxicated". His communidrunkation to the entire online world let everybody know he was: inebriated, impaired, drunken, tipsy, under the influence, plastered, smashed, bombed, sloshed, sozzled, sauced, lubricated, well-oiled, wrecked, juiced, blasted, stinko, blitzed, half-cut, fried, wasted, hopped up, gassed, polluted, pissed, tanked (up), soaked, out of his head/skull, loaded, trashed, hammered, soused, buzzed, befuddled, besotted, pickled, pixilated, canned, cockeyed, blotto, blind drunk, roaring drunk, dead drunk, punch-drunk, ripped, stewed, tight, merry, the worse for wear, far gone, pie-eyed, in one's cups, three sheets to the wind, bladdered, lashed, crapulous. And that was just what he found in the Thesauaus before the room went spinning into darkness.
Etymology: communication: the imparting or exchanging of information or news + drunk: intoxicated to excess
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COMMENTS:
Man oh MAN!
....Say NO MORE! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:39:00
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Compooze
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: com-pooz
Sentence: ive only hd seevn drinks so i think ill just compooze a lettter to my boss an ask for a raize.
Etymology: "compose"/"computer" and "booze"
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COMMENTS:
funny - bookowl, 2008-01-31: 21:40:00
Sounds like you ready to make a stand - or, at least, astumble. Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-31: 22:26:00
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Intexticated
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: intekstikāted
Sentence: Roger vaguely remembered the party the night before. To his great relief an extensive series of intexticated messages were accidentally sent to his work phone rather than his boss. Faux pas averted this time.
Etymology: intoxicated (to lose control of faculties or behavior by way of alcohol or a drug) + text (an electronic communication sent and received by cellular phone)
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