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DEFINITION: v., To prepare for holiday events where you must chat with irritating co-workers or nagging relatives, by consuming just enough alcohol to make you feel "relaxed". n., A person who arrives at a party pre-inebriated.
Verboticisms
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Previouslyunsobered
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: pre-vee-us-lee-un-so-berr-da
Sentence: They could all tell he was previouslyunsobered.
Etymology: previous:before + un:not + sober:not drunk
Souseguest
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: sow-s-gest
Sentence: Don't mind Charlie, he won't be driving home after the party, he's a souseguest.
Etymology: house guest (someone invited into one's home, usually to stay for a while) + souse (alcoholic)
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COMMENTS:
Funtastic! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-19: 01:07:00
Very good!! - Mustang, 2008-12-19: 19:00:00
Good word...I have people I can call that this week! Merry Christmas! - Nosila, 2008-12-19: 22:39:00
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Absolutsanta
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: ab-soul-oot-san-tah
Sentence: Gary showed up to the Christmas party playing the role of Absolutsanta - he had obviously been rehearsing all day with a bottle of scotch. No one really minded until he decided to "water" the Christmas tree.
Etymology: Absolut -popular brand of Vodka + Santa -play on Absolut ad campaign.
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COMMENTS:
poor tree!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-18: 10:51:00
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Wassailant
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: was say lant
Sentence: There is one at every Christmas Party...the wassailant. It's that friend, co-worker or relative who needs liquid courage in order to face their demons and tell people what they really think of them. The only good thing of them coming soused is that they inevitably conk out on the coat pile in the bedroom, leaving the rest to enjoy themselves.
Etymology: Wassail (a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas;celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities & Assailant (someone who attacks)
Saintnipped
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: saynt - nipped
Sentence: Joshua got saintnipped this near before arriving at his family Christmas gathering. Uncle Clyde's 20 minute monologue about his illustrious post office career didn't bother him this time, nor did Aunt Sara's endless questions about when he was going to bring home a nice Presbyterian girl to meet the family. Actually, all of these things started to seem amusing to Joshua for a change.
Etymology: This word combines Jolly Old Saint Nick (or Santa Claus) with the past tense of Nip (a small drink of liquor).
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COMMENTS:
Funtastically cute! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-19: 10:26:00
Great word...Saintnipped also explains a very cold Christmas Eve... - Nosila, 2008-12-19: 22:38:00
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Jollitipple
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: JOL-ee-Tip-uhl
Sentence: After a couple of "steadiers" Bob, a hoptimist with a 'corona' of confidence, descended upon his workplace's Christmas party like a festilence, and jollitippled fellow-workers who normally 'drove him to drink".
Etymology: JOLLY: Slang. slightly drunk; tipsy 2.Informal. to talk or act agreeably to (a person) in order to keep that person in good humor, esp. in the hope of gaining something. "They jollied him along until the job was done." 3.To cause to be jolly; to make good-natured; to encourage to feel pleasant or cheerful; -- often implying an insincere or bantering spirit; hence, to poke fun at. [Colloq.] TIPPLE:to drink (intoxicating liquor), esp. repeatedly, in small quantities.
Sackference
Created by: mizzverbz
Pronunciation: sackference
Sentence: The man kept a reasonable sackference away from the securtiy gaurd
Etymology: The 'uera' in which some individuals are surrounded
Priestamate
Created by: Niktionary
Pronunciation: pree-estah-mate
Sentence: "If I have to go to one more of Herb's Lodge brother's parties, I have to priestamate with plenty of that eggnog. Which one has the rum in it?"
Etymology: prepare+fiesta+estamate
Hoptimist
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: HOP - tuh - mist
Sentence: After a couple of "steadiers" Bob, a hoptimist with a 'corona' of confidence, marched smilingly into his workplace's Christmas party, greeting heartily fellow-workers who normally 'drove him to drink".
Etymology: HOPTIMIST: Blend of hop(s), used in beer brewing. Consider slang "On the hops", and Optimist: One who feels that things will work out well. STEADIER: (sl) a beer to steady the nerves. CORONA: 1.A crown 2. Mexican beer. DRIVE TO DRINK: Make s.o so irritate
Putrumintumtum
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: put/rum/in/tum/tum
Sentence: When he received his invitation to the Christmas lunch he took the little drummer boy's advice and putrumintumtum.
Etymology: put + rum + tum (as in tummy) + pa rum pum pum pum
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COMMENTS:
Luv it! So clever and superbly adorable. Touches the kid that lives in all of us and makes Christmas such fun! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-19: 10:31:00
Good one - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-21: 17:19:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird Thank you yellowbird ~ James
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Is it just for the moment we live? What's it all about when you SOT it out, Alkie?
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