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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.
Verboticisms
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Alcoherence
Created by: bigveg
Pronunciation: al-co-heer-ence
Sentence: Consciousness returned to him gradually, as did the catalogue of transmissions which were sublimely alcoherent. They made no sense!
Etymology: alcohol, coherence
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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Thirstyjohnny
Created by: fatcat
Pronunciation: thir stee jon nee
Sentence: "Bill pulled a Thirstyjohnny last night," said Will.
Etymology: Thirsty (to drink heavily) Johnny (someone bored and has lots of time on their hands)
Alcotrepemailidation
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)
Coronohnoa
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: kor - oh - no - no - ah
Sentence: Karen thought she heard Noah muttering his own name over and over in the office but when she got up and went in there, she had an interesting discovery. Noah was slumped over his computer, babbling drunkenly coronohnoa, coronohnoa over and over. When she saw the empty bottles of Corona and the emails he had sent to his boss, she doubted he would still have a job on Monday morning.
Etymology: Corona (brand of beer)+ oh no!
Technointoximania
Created by: chedwardall
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My colleague is a pure technointoximaniac. He sends out abusive e mails in drink induced anger, then regrets it in the morning.
Etymology: techno=computers intoxi=alcohol mania=an agitated state
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)
Hangmail
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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Alcqwerty
Created by: loxhobabl
Pronunciation: al-kwur-tee
Sentence: Alcqwerty and boredom led to my rant on IM yesterday morning.
Etymology: alcohol + QWERTY
Comments:
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!
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James