Verboticisms

Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: mehr-ree-nayd-ed

Sentence: (True story): My wife and I and a friend attended a champagne tasting, then went home and sampled some single malt scotch and then proceeded to the Christmas party already merrynaded.

Etymology: Merry + (Mari)naded

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-18: 14:12:00

Positively brilliant word! - libertybelle, 2007-12-18: 14:50:00

Sounds like you were on a merry-go-round. Great word, DAVE ! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-18: 16:03:00

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Created by: milorush

Pronunciation: (v. tr.) prěp'ōr; (n.) prěp'ō-rā'shən, prěp'ōr'ər

Sentence: I'd find it extremely difficult to deal with my co-workers at the office Christmas party without at least an hour of prepouration first; hell, why should after-hours be any different than the work day?

Etymology: pre[pare] + pour (noun forms - prepouration and prepourer)

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: hol-ee-jol-ee-ham-erd

Sentence: Sven got hollyjollyhammered at the party so he didn't have to small talk with his numbskull co-workers.

Etymology: as in have a holly jolly Christmas + hammered (as in drunk)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: pre/bree/ate

Sentence: I prebriate for all staff functions when I know the toxic managers are going to show up. Three, or four rye and ginger ales are sufficient for my prebriation to function with these morons.

Etymology: pre + prior + inebriate

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COMMENTS:

Ryebuck! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-18: 16:13:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Feh - stond

Sentence: By nature a withdrawn sort, Wilbur was becoming quite happy and animated to the point of being totally festoned on the party 'punch'.

Etymology: Fest(celebration) and Stoned (drunk)....a play on the word 'festooned'.

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Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: pre MICK slur

Sentence: He already had his premixslur thing already going before he even got to the party. He drank a whole mickey on the way in the taxi.

Etymology: PRE: before MIXER: party SLUR: to not enunciate words clearly

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Created by: jajsr

Pronunciation: Swa-ray-bock-us

Sentence: Pete loved the holiday season because he loved going to the parties for the free booze. Going from party to party, Pete would always show up at another party drunk. He was a classic Soirebacchus.

Etymology: Combination of "Soire" from soiree - a party or reception held in the evening; and "Bacchus" - the Greek God of wine.

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kandēhamərd

Sentence: Joe didn*t really mean to show up at the company holiday party woozy. The boss gave him a large box of rum-laced chocolates as a gift and he sampled a few to be polite and then a few more. By party time he was candyhammered.

Etymology: candy (a sweet food made with sugar or syrup combined with fruit, chocolate, or nuts) + hammered (drunk)

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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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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: festipsē

Sentence: In an attempt to avoid last year's sotluck debacle of a Christmas party, the planners scheduled a brunch soiree. Nonetheless several people still arrived festipsy.

Etymology: festivity (the celebration of something in a joyful and exuberant way) + tipsy (slightly drunk)

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