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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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Vistuporant

Created by: adjoviant

Pronunciation: vie stew poor ant

Sentence:

Etymology: vituperate /w stupor & /w rant

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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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Inebrimail

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Created by: picabomama

Pronunciation: in e bree mail

Sentence: I was so wasted last night that I sent naked photo inebrimails to all my co-workers.

Etymology: inebriated and e-mail, the words were practically meant for each other.

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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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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

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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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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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Alcohello

artr

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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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

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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:

metrohumanx Great word! Instantly recognizable. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-24: 16:06:00

Terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-27: 02:18:00

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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