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DEFINITION: n., The uneasiness, social discomfort, and impending sense of doom which occurs when you realize that you've sent out a few too many emails after drinking way too much. v., To worry about your social status after a night of heavy drinking and stupid emailing.

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Thirstified

Created by: Pmac46

Pronunciation: Thurst-i-fide

Sentence: Ted was fired from his job after he sent a rude e-mail to his boss while thirstified last night.

Etymology: (Thirst = a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid. + "ify" + past tenswe)

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Edoomshine

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: E-doom-SHAYN

Sentence: Edoomshine overwhelmed Bob when he realized that he had sent out a few too many evodkagrams after drinking the night away online.

Etymology: Blend of E as in Email; DOOM:fate or destiny, esp.adverse fate & MOONSHINE: Illegally distilled whiskey; hard liquor. 2. Foolish talk or thought; nonsense.

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COMMENTS:

Excellent! The moonshine's east, the moonshine's west, and Ozziebob word shines among the very best! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-03: 16:55:00

What a rye sense of humour! - Nosila, 2008-12-04: 00:45:00

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Crassmailaphobia

Created by: CanadianAndyCapp

Pronunciation: Crass-mail-a-pho-bee-a

Sentence: After he started a flamewar on his yahoo group,Craigs drunken submissions and their inevitable repercussions left him with a strong case of crassmailaphobia.

Etymology: Crass - Unsophistocated; (See also jackass,Ass) / mail - Communication. / Phobia - Fear

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COMMENTS:

Good choice of words, good blending! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 10:21:00

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Fredrinkingmale

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: freh-drink-king-male

Sentence: Dick, guzzwiller of moonshine, cast his three sheets to the wind in his heeheemail. The next morning, everything he said, came to a head ... ache ... of course! Intoxipathetic, with lessteem, by all who were victims of this drunkmale, he was fraught with lowdudgeon. Poor Dick, headed from moonshined to unshined, sitting in the mourning sun, a fredrinkingmale!

Etymology: Fretting and freaking over his drinking mail, this male became a fredrinkingmale!

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COMMENTS:

wonderful sentence silvery - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-08: 12:49:00

Great sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-10: 16:45:00

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Emailarrhea

Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: e-may-lah-ree-uh

Sentence: John felt a strange sense of emailarrhea after waking up in front of his computer surrounded by empty liquor bottles.

Etymology: email and diarrhea

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COMMENTS:

Right on the definition! Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 18:15:00

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Bendersender

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: ben-der-sen-der

Sentence: A chill went through Cheryl as the third person directed a cold shoulder in her direction. Was this a harBINGEr of doom? That old bendersender feeling returned when she got to her desk, saw the empty bottle and red wine stains on the keyboard.

Etymology: bender (a heavy drinking session) sender (one who emails others)

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COMMENTS:

I love the way your brain bends to come up with these! - emdeejay, 2008-12-03: 04:46:00

petaj a bendersendermend - is the apology that follows in an attempt to redress offenses - petaj, 2008-12-03: 05:09:00

Addressed to the bendersender's friends? - emdeejay, 2008-12-03: 05:27:00

harBINGEr - laughed and thought it a great create - silveryaspen, 2008-12-03: 17:05:00

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Emailaise

Created by: kakru

Pronunciation: ee-mayl-eyz

Sentence: This morning Leroy has a hangover and is mired in a deep emailaise because of those terrible messages he sent last night.

Etymology: Email+malaise (a feeling of uneasiness or impending doom)

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Dejascrewed

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: day ja scr oooood

Sentence: The feeling of dejascrewed was so familiar, the message light on his phone throbbing in time with his headache, the dry mouth and the message from his boss in his inbox entitled "Re:hey Benny Brownnose"

Etymology: deja vu, screwed.

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COMMENTS:

Good prose and verboticism! Paints mind pictures and the feelings that go with it, very effectively! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 11:16:00

great words this week galway !! - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-08: 13:42:00

Almost been there... thank goodness I have full permissions on the boss's e-mail. - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-08: 20:38:00

Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-10: 16:44:00

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Cyboozeled

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /sai-BOO-zuhld/

Sentence: Jack had written a note to himself, "Don't drink and e-mail" on his sticky-note pad, which he had apparently been using as a beer coaster, but the next morning as he perused his 'Sent' folder and saw the e-mail to his boss, calling him a "sissyboy", he knew he'd cyboozeled himself out of another job. He laid his throbbing head down next to the phone to await the inevitable call to inform him of his unemployed status.

Etymology: cyber - as in 'cyberspace' (slang for electronic communication) + booze - any alcoholic beverage (from Middle Dutch, busen "to drink heavily") & foozled - bungled; played clumsily (golf slang; Perhaps from German dial., fuseln "work poorly or slowly")

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COMMENTS:

I like the originality in your choice of words and their blending. Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 18:18:00

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Alconxious

Created by: whirlingstorm06

Pronunciation: al-konk-shoes

Sentence: Dave was alconxious last night. He drank, rambled on his computer and sent out emails and passed out. Now, he doesn't remember a thing he did.

Etymology: "alco" - alcohol "conx" - conked (passed out from drinking) "xious" - anxious

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-08: 03:25:00
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James

Tigger - 2008-02-08: 14:30:00
Ahh, e-mail and alcohol... They go together like peas and carrots, or like 'lack of inhibition' and 'lack of employment',

- 2008-02-26: 00:18:00
You hit my head with the bottle!

- 2008-02-26: 00:22:00
twice now!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-04-28: 00:22:00
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James