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DEFINITION: v., To prepare for holiday events where you must chat with irritating co-workers or nagging relatives, by consuming just enough alcohol to make you feel "relaxed". n., A person who arrives at a party pre-inebriated.
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Pretoxicate
Created by: Redrover
Pronunciation: pre-tox-uh-cate
Sentence: The only way Marsha could get through Christmas with her family was to completely pretoxicate herself into a totally medicated state.
Etymology: pre=before intoxicate=to make drunk
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - Mustang, 2007-12-18: 19:00:00
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Holidaze
Created by: TTwoo
Pronunciation: Ho-li-dayz
Sentence: I'm gonna get holidazed for your mother's visit.
Etymology: Holiday + Daze
Christmellowed
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /kris-mel'-lohd/
Sentence: First I christmellowed with a couple nips of brandy before the holiday party, until I heard minglebells in my head, and that loosened me up enough to impress my boss, and Gail from Marketing, with some funny stories of my Uncle Frank, and then I even did an imitation of my dear uncle every Christmas Eve, right there on the floor.
Etymology: Christmas (Old English, Cristes maesse "Mass of Christ") + mellowed - mildly and pleasantly intoxicated (Old English, mearu. Meaning "slightly drunk" is from 1690.)
Souseguest
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: sow-s-gest
Sentence: Don't mind Charlie, he won't be driving home after the party, he's a souseguest.
Etymology: house guest (someone invited into one's home, usually to stay for a while) + souse (alcoholic)
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COMMENTS:
Funtastic! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-19: 01:07:00
Very good!! - Mustang, 2008-12-19: 19:00:00
Good word...I have people I can call that this week! Merry Christmas! - Nosila, 2008-12-19: 22:39:00
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Prebriate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pre/bree/ate
Sentence: I prebriate for all staff functions when I know the toxic managers are going to show up. Three, or four rye and ginger ales are sufficient for my prebriation to function with these morons.
Etymology: PREBRIATE - verb - from PRE (prior) + PRIOR + INEBRIATE (to make drunk; intoxicate)
Prepour
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (v. tr.) prěp'ōr; (n.) prěp'ō-rā'shən, prěp'ōr'ər
Sentence: I'd find it extremely difficult to deal with my co-workers at the office Christmas party without at least an hour of prepouration first; hell, why should after-hours be any different than the work day?
Etymology: pre[pare] + pour (noun forms - prepouration and prepourer)
Premixslur
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: pre MICK slur
Sentence: He already had his premixslur thing already going before he even got to the party. He drank a whole mickey on the way in the taxi.
Etymology: PRE: before MIXER: party SLUR: to not enunciate words clearly
Festipsy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: festipsē
Sentence: In an attempt to avoid last year's sotluck debacle of a Christmas party, the planners scheduled a brunch soiree. Nonetheless several people still arrived festipsy.
Etymology: festivity (the celebration of something in a joyful and exuberant way) + tipsy (slightly drunk)
Securitiddly
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: si-cure-uh-tid-uh-lee
Sentence: After several bottles of wine, Sarah finally felt securitiddly enough to face her colleagues at the annual office drinks.
Etymology: security + tiddly
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird Thank you yellowbird ~ James
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