Vote for the best verboticism.
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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Alcoholla
Created by: Maxine
Pronunciation: al kuh HOLLA!
Sentence: mary wats up hows the kiids> hey what yo mean i drunj thi snot a acohlla
Etymology: alcohol + holla (obnoxious greeting)
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COMMENTS:
Man, you can get these just by driving past a bar/grill where some people you know happen to be getting blitzed. Good word! - ErWenn, 2008-01-31: 09:32:00
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Enebriation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ee nee bree ay shun
Sentence: When e-noch found out the next day that he had sent out a goofy and embarrassing e-mail to his e-quaintences, he apologized for his e-nebriation, drinking e-thanol. Next time, he thought, before I get e-ntoxicated like that, I will unplug my computer, so I cannot access my e-mails. E-nough!
Etymology: e-(=electronic)& Inebriation (a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol)
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.
Liquorspondence
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: Lick-or-spon-dence
Sentence: Kimberly was not immune to liquorspondence. Under the influence of romantic ballads and boxed wine, Kimberly not once, but twice, e-mailed Xavier, a yarn sales rep from Vanna's Choice yarns. The e-mails started innocently enough, but as the wine bag deflated into her blood stream, Kimberly started to make provocative suggestions about knots and inappropriate inquiries as to the size of Xavier's knitting needle. In both instances, she concluded the e-mail asking if she would die alone.
Etymology: Liquor (21+) + Correspondence (exchange of words)
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COMMENTS:
I really like this word and will use it when I receive future liquorspondences. - splendiction, 2010-04-20: 23:12:00
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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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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
Bukowskegram
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: byoo-cowsk-e-gramm
Sentence: Trent hoped that picture his college roommate had sent him was in fact a close-up of a sphinx cat kitten, or maybe an out-of-focus shar pei. It was wishful thinking on his behalf, though, as he had been e-bagged in a Bukowskegram.
Etymology: Bukowski - Charles Bukowski, famous alcohol loving author, e - as in electronic/email, gram - from telegram
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COMMENTS:
In hindsight, Bukowskemail would flow a little better, but I like the old fashioned quaintness of gram along with Chuck. - Banky, 2008-01-31: 11:02:00
love the literary reference - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-31: 12:00:00
Good word! Chuck had to be in there somewhere! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-31: 22:24:00
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Perplext
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: pur-plekst
Sentence: Josh posted pure perplext Saturday night, something about 'jeeping it real' and 'finding peas with his ex', but I'm sure Tim will let us know what happened as soon as he bails him out of jail.
Etymology: perplex + text
Sloshoeuvre
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: slosh-OO-vre.....(akin to slosh over)
Sentence: Jarhead didn't have a drinking problem. Like so many unfortunates, he simply "sucked at life". A prolific writer as well as an olympic-class drinker, all his talents seemed to merge one tragic evening as his creative thoughts began to SLOSHOEUVRE. The meniscus of his mind began to decant delerious declarations which he hastily posted to...who knows where? Jarhead began to communiquart with everyone who had ever wronged him just before he puked into his keyboard. His writings had a certain claret-y which was apparent only from his side of the bacchanalian veil which slowly descended as the evening wore on. After several bottles of "Old Verbotomy" (aged at least a week), he began typing in some indecipherable code, which was probably for the best, because his enraged friends broke down the door and used a handtruck to get him into detox just before his liver failed. Now he admits he's powerless over alcohol, and Jarhead is the most popular speaker at the 12 Step House, next to the train tracks in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Etymology: SLOSH+OEUVRE=SLOSHOEUVRE.....SLOSH:The tendency of a liquid to move back and forth, often in a nauseating manner;blend of slop and slush (c.1814).....OEUVRE:a substantial body of work constituting the lifework of a writer, an artist, or a poet often composed while inebriated;French œuvre, literally, work, from Old French ovre.
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COMMENTS:
If you are bilingual, when you sloshoeuvre your emails, are they in E-nglish/French too? Nice combo and etymology. - silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 16:23:00
Thanks, S.A. That was my first attempt at incorporating a French word....Pretentious? Moi?....
Wooly Bully-wooly Bully-Wooly Bully! :) - metrohumanx, 2008-11-24: 16:32:00
I'm not bilingual, but I AM tripolar. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-24: 16:33:00
Christmas is coming. I buy all my gifts at Goblertoys.
http://goblertoys.com/
- metrohumanx, 2008-11-24: 16:35:00
ROFL! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 17:11:00
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Communidrunkation
Created by: wayoffcenter
Pronunciation: kəmyoōnədrəngkāshən
Sentence: It wasn't his fault. His English professor told the class to research a word by experiencing its definition. Chris chose "intoxicated". His communidrunkation to the entire online world let everybody know he was: inebriated, impaired, drunken, tipsy, under the influence, plastered, smashed, bombed, sloshed, sozzled, sauced, lubricated, well-oiled, wrecked, juiced, blasted, stinko, blitzed, half-cut, fried, wasted, hopped up, gassed, polluted, pissed, tanked (up), soaked, out of his head/skull, loaded, trashed, hammered, soused, buzzed, befuddled, besotted, pickled, pixilated, canned, cockeyed, blotto, blind drunk, roaring drunk, dead drunk, punch-drunk, ripped, stewed, tight, merry, the worse for wear, far gone, pie-eyed, in one's cups, three sheets to the wind, bladdered, lashed, crapulous. And that was just what he found in the Thesauaus before the room went spinning into darkness.
Etymology: communication: the imparting or exchanging of information or news + drunk: intoxicated to excess
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COMMENTS:
Man oh MAN!
....Say NO MORE! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:39:00
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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