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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Drunkmail
Created by: kmartinmt
Pronunciation: drunk-mail
Sentence: An added feature to your emails. inbox, spam, junkmail, drunkmail. A special hangout for your drinking friends.
Etymology:
Soppisstry
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: sop/piss/tree
Sentence: He frequently alarmed his girlfriend with his soppisstry.
Etymology: sop + pissed + e (as in email) + sophistry (unsound reasoning)
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COMMENTS:
Terrific triad! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-31: 12:00:00
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Bloggo
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: blog/go
Sentence: With ten beer in him, his bloggo was a little too truthful.
Etymology: blotto (blind drunk) + blog
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COMMENTS:
that's cute! - libertybelle, 2008-01-31: 14:19:00
I like It! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-31: 22:23:00
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Hyateyuall
Created by: sean30
Pronunciation: Hy-ate-yu-all (i-hate-you-all)
Sentence: Hyateyuall, Hyateyuall, Hyateyuall....oh i feel sick, ims glads writing tis e-mail 2 my boss, the git that keeps passing me ovr 4 promotion, and friends, who left me to drink alone, can only help me further my progress in work and make relationships stronger.....Hyateyuall, Hyateyuall, Hyateyuall.
Etymology: Type when sober not under the influence of Alcohol / To keep laptop switched off / Unworthy of Promotions / To keep cap on bottle.
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COMMENTS:
Great word! Says it yuall!! - Stevenson0, 2008-01-31: 23:32:00
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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
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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Emulled
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: E muhld
Sentence: For having emulled you all, I apologise. Please disregard the emulls with the following subject lines: Turkey Time Is Hear AGin! ... Oh Beer! Vodkan the matter be?
Etymology: Emulled - Email and mulled. Mulled meaning heated, seasoned, or flavored with wine, beer or (hard) cider. In other words Emails mulled by alcohol.
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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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)
Tequimail
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /təˈkiˌmeil/
Sentence: Tequimail is the most dangerous of all forms of drunken internet usage: not quite as incoherently dismissible as bourblogging, more damagingly personal than margareplies, easier to slip into than mai typos, and more common than champosting.
Etymology: from tequila + e-mail
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COMMENTS:
So true, the most dangerous of all usage forms. - sean30, 2008-01-31: 15:17:00
Great liquor-upped verboticisms all through your sentence! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-31: 11:58:00
Terrific words! I think bourblogging is my favorite though!! - libertybelle, 2008-01-31: 14:22:00
Personally, I'm a fan of "mai typo". - ErWenn, 2008-01-31: 21:53:00
Very E-sloshed; nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-31: 23:13:00
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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