Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: vädkənēzēmāl

Sentence: When Bill woke up Sunday he vaguely remembered spending much of his Saturday night catching up with his friends. He cringed at the thought that he had sent a scathing vodkuneasymail to his boss. You can imagine how relieved he was when he found that email still in the drafts folder. A quick delete and a couple Advil improved the morning greatly.

Etymology: vodka (an alcoholic spirit of Russian origin made by distillation of rye, wheat, or potatoes) + eneasy (causing or feeling anxiety; troubled or uncomfortable) + email (messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network)

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Created by: metro1

Pronunciation: hang-male

Sentence: Roger was so dedicated to his new job that he decided to work all night long. As it got later, he gave himself a beer as a motivational reward. As it got later and later, he found he needed more and more rewards to keep going... But he persisted and documented his progress with a series of emails to all his colleagues. When he regained conscious, he discovered that he had created potentially career-ending hangmail.

Etymology: hangover + hangnail + email

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COMMENTS:

Well-crafted ... slid right into the ending with a nifty verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 18:22:00

HA! - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-08: 20:40:00

Thanks Silvery and Purple! - metro1, 2008-02-10: 14:49:00

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: Mail ah dee

Sentence: Mailanie Mailaprop, also known as Mrs. Mailaprop, loved pina coladas, especially the way mweinmann made them up and served them. It was the Mailabu rum in them that inspired Mrs. Mailaprop to fire off mailicious mailshots in the drunken dead of night. When opened the next morning, the crapnel (crappy shrapnel) from these mail bomb explosions, ricocheted back to hit Mrs. Mailaprop. Oh! How she suffered from this Mailady!

Etymology: Mail, Malady ... Mail - send out messages via email. Malady - suffering from a disease or disorder, as in suffering from the physical disorder of a hangover - plus the mail disorder from writing under the influence.

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COMMENTS:

My sincere thanks to you mweinmann, for inspiring the first sentence. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-03: 01:25:00

...and a toast to you, M'lady...crapnel! GOOD one! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-03: 01:53:00

Cheers :-) - emdeejay, 2008-12-03: 04:04:00

Excellent! - Mustang, 2008-12-03: 07:24:00

Mailisciously mailvevelant! - Nosila, 2008-12-03: 20:49:00

nice blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-05: 03:05:00

I am so honored to inspire such a schtupendus story....and to be such an important part of the composition of the vehicle which helps along the state of drunkenness of Mailanie!! - mweinmann, 2008-12-06: 09:10:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: tip-see-mail-ayz

Sentence: After a night of pounding down shots, singing rousing bouts of "What Shall We Do With a Drunken Mailer?", and sending out dozens of Jack Danmails, Bob awoke to an In Box full of hate mail, three computer viruses, and a heavy sense of tipsymailaise.

Etymology: tipsy, email, malaise

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COMMENTS:

Sounds like a fairly nasty dis e-ase - galwaywegian, 2008-02-08: 06:28:00

Terrific Puns ... Double Funs! Can I get tipsymalise from the fumes when I open JackDanmails? - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 11:25:00

nice one purple and now I've got that song n my head for the rest of the day - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-08: 12:46:00

I especially like the reference Jack Danmails in the sentence. - picabomama, 2008-02-09: 07:59:00

Great sentence; luv the word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-10: 16:52:00

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Created by: Magnetic

Pronunciation: klik - sand

Sentence: Knowing there was nothing he could do to fix the inevitable drunken harm he'd done at the keyboard the previous night, Bob accepted the impending reprocussions as he stewed in his own clicksand.

Etymology: click (computer or texting) + (quick)sand + click send (modified past tense of clicking the send button to send an email that now cannot be unsent)

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COMMENTS:

Excellent choice of words well blended into into a simple clear-meaning catchy verboticism. Reprocussions is a nifty one, too. Excellent creations! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 11:30:00

fantastic word - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-08: 12:47:00

absolutely great! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-10: 16:40:00

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Created by: emdeejay

Pronunciation: slur realise ayshun

Sentence: Samuel, or "Shixpack Shammy" as he was known to his colleagues was a troubled young lad. His entire life the world and people in particular seemed daft to him. Every day he woke to a prison of mediocrity and banality, where 'unreasonable' people refused to bend to suit his narcissistic views. Unable to stand the incessant anxiety, Sam escaped each evening to the comforts of drunken stupor; a slurrealistic realm where he was king. One evening after a particularly unproductive day of pointless meetings Sam snapped. He downed a case of his favourite lager, opened his laptop, and began to compose. He cajoled his colleagues, belittled his boss, and flummoxed his friends. Finally, exhausted and relieved, he collapsed upon his keyboard and drooled himself to sleep. The next day as he commuted, Sam opened his curiously sticky laptop and had a gut wrenching slurrealisation.

Etymology: "Slur": (a) A nasty statement directed at someone you dislike. (b) The chaotic cadence inherent in the speech of inebriated humans. "Realisation": The curious sensation felt when something new occurs to you. "Surreal": That's like, totally surreal man

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COMMENTS:

Such a schlock to the system, slurtainly. - petaj, 2008-12-03: 05:29:00

Schamuel done got his tang all toungled up, didn't he? - Mustang, 2008-12-03: 07:26:00

drooliscious - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-03: 10:11:00

Now THATS a killer sentence. Good one, MDJ! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-03: 16:32:00

great sentence and etymology - silveryaspen, 2008-12-03: 17:01:00

Thanks :-) It's great fun writing them - emdeejay, 2008-12-03: 20:47:00

Sham should learn to emole his controtions! Good word & sentence. - Nosila, 2008-12-04: 00:52:00

Another good one - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-05: 03:05:00

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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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Created by: loxhobabl

Pronunciation: al-kwur-tee

Sentence: Alcqwerty and boredom led to my rant on IM yesterday morning.

Etymology: alcohol + QWERTY

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Created by: hyperborean

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I looked at my phone this morning and realized iMeffed.

Etymology: i as in iPhone and effed as euphemism for f#!@ed.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: crash coors

Sentence: Rocky knew he was on a crashcoors when he awoke the next morning surrounded by empty beer bottles and e-mails from friends, co-workers and boss, upset at his tirade online last night. The e-morse he felt at the things he had drunkenly said, cost him his girlfriend, his buddies and his job. He is now older Budweiser, with his Heinecken a sling and he now knows what ales him...Miller time!

Etymology: Crash ((computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative) & Coors (American beer brand) & Wordplay on Crash Course

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