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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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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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Alcommunicatastrophe
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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Convivemail
Created by: jajsr
Pronunciation: C-ah-n-viv-eh-male
Sentence: John got wasted at his company's holiday party, but he still had to send out his reports before the next day. After viewing the numerous typos and content of the reports John sent out, his co-workers classified John's reports as convivemail.
Etymology: Combination of "Convivial": relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; and "E-mail": a message sent electronically.
Statusinfraction
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sta/tus/in/frac/shun
Sentence: I got me some statusinfraction I tried to get a girl reaction 'Now I'll cry and I'll cry and I'll cry and I'll cry I can't get no, I can't get no
Etymology: status + infraction + satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
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COMMENTS:
Good one, Jaggerwocky - emdeejay, 2008-12-03: 06:16:00
Doctor, please...some more of these... - metrohumanx, 2008-12-03: 16:37:00
Top of the Charts! Music to my ears! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-03: 17:10:00
Good thing Time is on My Side, Jumpin Jack Flash! - Nosila, 2008-12-04: 00:46:00
very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-05: 03:07:00
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Dejascrewed
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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Mailady
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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Innebrigret
Created by: Niktionary
Pronunciation: e-neeb-ree-gret
Sentence: I knew when I woke up Sun. Morning wearing a tu-tu with my best friend's pug, I knew it would be a long time before I would get rid of this innebrigret.
Etymology: inebriated+ regret
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COMMENTS:
Darling image! Fungood! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 10:10:00
Excellent word! - Mustang, 2008-02-09: 04:11:00
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Bloghensive
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: blog/hen/sive
Sentence: With all his true thoughts about his boss and his friends sent at the height true spiritual drunkedness, he was bloghensive of the feedback about to come his way.
Etymology: BLOGHENSIVE noun - from - BLOG (thoughts published on a Web page) + APPREHENSIVE (mentally upset over possible misfortune, danger, or stupidity)
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COMMENTS:
Very good. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-05: 03:06:00
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Maladrink
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: mal-a-drink
Sentence: "I hadn't been drinking alcohol" Kimberly insisted, "when I sent out that office-wide e-mail." Although few people believed her, Kimberly was telling the truth: she had been drinking an unfortunate combination of 5 Hour Energy and Monster Juice when she informed everyone of her intention to press charges against sweaters for being lazy.
Etymology: Maladroit (unskillful; awkward) + Drink
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COMMENTS:
Maliciously good word - Nosila, 2010-04-28: 16:47:00
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Bloghensive
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: blog/hen/sive
Sentence: With all his true thoughts about his boss and his friends sent at the height true spiritual drunkedness, he was bloghensive of the feedback about to come his way.
Etymology: blog + apprehensive
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! Bloghensive cuts right to the heart of that feeling! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 10:34:00
Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-10: 16:48:00
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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