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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.
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Merrynaded
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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Prepour
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)
Hollyjollyhammered
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)
Prebriate
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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Festoned
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Sentence: By nature a withdrawn sort, Wilbur was becoming quite happy and animated to the point of being totally festoned on the party 'punch'.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'.
Premixslur
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
Soirebacchus
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.
Candyhammered
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)
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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Festipsy
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)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird Thank you yellowbird ~ James
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