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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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Alcohello
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)
Bloggo
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: blog/go
Sentence: Joe went bloggo on Saturday night and will find out at work this morning how truthful he was and to whom.
Etymology: BLOGGO - verb - from BLOTTO (very drunk; so drunk as to not know what one is doing) + BLOG (a personal chronological log of thoughts published on a Web page)
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COMMENTS:
Great word! Instantly recognizable. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-24: 16:06:00
Terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-27: 02:18:00
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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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Schipingshmail
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: shy-peen-shmale
Sentence: Steveb shought he had thish undered controwl win he startedededed twoooo Schipingshmail hish bosh someting he shought wash show importish. Sewwwwww he typeded wish his one I closesded.
Etymology: Slurred..."Typing Mail" :)
Intoxijaded
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: inˈtäksijādid
Sentence: Jimmy could care less what people thought. He had an idea and he was going to share it. He was clearly intoxijaded. The only thing worse than the message he sent to everybody in his address book was the attached picture. Monday morning should prove interesting, to say the least, and the family gathering on Thanksgiving at Mom's... ...OUCH!
Etymology: intoxicated (full of alcoholic drink or a drug) + jaded (tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm)
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COMMENTS:
I'm Jimmy and i resemble that remark! Hic Hic Hic.....excuse me.... - metrohumanx, 2008-11-24: 16:05:00
Sober or drunk, your word is fun to say out loud! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 16:55:00
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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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Liquormail
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: Lick-er-may-all
Sentence: I recieved an email from Bob the other day, but I can't quite work out what it means. It looks like liquormail or something to me. Oh yea I remember he said he was going to drink that bottle of Verbotomy Port if he got sacked and then attempt to email his... oh sh*t!
Etymology: Liquor - an alcoholic drink, especially of the type produced by distillation, e.g. whisky, rather than of the type produced by fermentation, e.g. wine or beer. Mail - To send somebody a messege via any forms of communication.
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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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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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