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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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Alcommunicatastrophe

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Created by: loquaciousloquat

Pronunciation: AL-com-you-ni-ca-TAS-tro-fee

Sentence: After a night-long binge of girl drinks and Zima in much-too-close proximity to his laptop, Bob feels the knot of alcommunicatastrophe in his weakened stomach as the reality of emailing everyone in his address book his deepest and most existentialist thoughts sets in.

Etymology: Alcohol - noun; a beverage known for causing euphoria, vomit, and remorse. Communication - noun; the expression of one's thoughts and opinions via words, gestures, or drunken emailing. Catastrophe - noun; a very, very bad thing that cannot be undone.

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COMMENTS:

Rooooolllls nicely off the tongue! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 18:29:00

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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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Stoutbox

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: stawt boks

Sentence: Looking at his stoutbox,after a night of toasting St.Patrick, Mickey discovered he had e-mailed everyone in his address book about how he really felt about them. It was then Mickey realized the hard way that Guinness is NOT good for you!

Etymology: stout(a strong dark ale) & outbox (outgoing electronic messages)

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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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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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Inebrignomy

Created by: Christianack

Pronunciation: In-eh-BRIG-no-me

Sentence: Igor felt inebrignomy when he was fired for not showing up for work after a night of drinking and computer using.

Etymology: Inebriety + Ignomy

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Alcotrepemailidation

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: al-kuh-trep-ee-meyl-i-dey-shuhn

Sentence: As he wakes from a weekend of partying Jerry sees his laptop and is filled with alcotrepemailidation. Did he really send those flaming emails that he was thinking about? He groggily looks in his sent folder only to find messages that are complete gibberish. Whew! Thank goodness for whiskey-reduced typing skills.

Etymology: alcohol (liquor) + email (a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals) + trepidation (tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbatio)

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

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

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Treemulous

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: treem/u/lus

Sentence: He was treemulous as he slunk silently to his desk, hoping a new virus had attacked during the night and wiped out his caustic emails.

Etymology: tremulous + e (as in email)

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COMMENTS:

Embedding the e(mail) within tremulous was very creative! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 10:55:00

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Angstipsy

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: ahngks-TIP-see

Sentence: Zymxiety and blottoriety echoed like thunder in Bob's aching head. The anticipation of waiting was over; the fearsome figure of his boss loomed closer and closer. His angstipsy trebled and fumbling for words he trembled-out, " Good morning, Mr Grump -oops, I mean Mr Trump.

Etymology: ANGST: unspecified, uncertain feeling of dread, anxiety or anguish & TIPSY:being under the influence of strong drink, rendered foolish by liquor. ZYMXIETY: zym: fermentation in wine making, brewing & an(XIETY).BLOTTORIETY:blotto and notoriety

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COMMENTS:

Clever sentence! Beginning with a tongue-tripper for me ... and ending with Bob's angsttipsey tongue-tripping! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 11:03:00

Your many verbots always amaze me. Sometimes, like zym today, you bring new words to me. My parents and grandparents liked to zym California grapes. I like to zym sweet dark red cherries into cherry brandy! Zym is now zimmed indelibly to my vocabulary! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 11:10:00

super word ozzie - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-08: 12:48:00

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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