Verboticisms

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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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: 1ntɑksəkəmyoōnəkāshən

Sentence: When Joe woke up Monday morning he was terrified to discover that he had indulged in intoxicommunication the night before. He had apparently decided to tell everybody he knows about his inner-most secrets. He was more than a little concerned to see that he had dozens and dozens of messages waiting for him. He was greatly relieved to find that his touch-typing skills had failed him. 99% of what he sent out was utter gibberish. Most of the reply messages consisted of **Huh?**.

Etymology: intoxication (of alcoholic drink or a drug; cause someone to lose control of their faculties or behavior) + communication (the imparting or exchanging of information or news)

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Created by: ianbkk

Pronunciation: The main stress is on the third syllable.

Sentence: His irratractablessness swallowed all hope.

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Created by: picabomama

Pronunciation: like regret, drop the first R

Sentence: It was the morning after the big celebration and Dmitri woke in a puddle of his own sick. Worried that he may have defiled his prized laptop, he gingerly tapped the mouse and waited. What he found was a fully operational computer, buzzing with reply e-mails. The previous evening's activities came into sharper focus as he scanned the subject lines in his in-box. His EGRET reached it's zenith as he read the e-mail firing him from the very job promotion he had been celebrating.

Etymology: regret, and e-mail

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COMMENTS:

Excellent! Short and right to the point! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 18:12:00

Great verboticism - Mustang, 2008-02-09: 04:10:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: rowg/emial/efant

Sentence: The rogueemailephant finally sent one too many drunken emails which forced the company into bankruptcy. He hasn't been herd from since, although it has been speculated that he may try to join the Societe Generelephants.

Etymology: email + rogue elephant (person who avoids others)

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COMMENTS:

I assume he will packiederm his bags and go - galwaywegian, 2008-02-08: 07:38:00

You're very hugely creative, today! Evokes thoughts of rogue mails big as elephants! Can you e-male us ladies some to Njoy? (very red faced with longlived laughter) - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 10:45:00

Great puns ... through and through ... you are so good at what you do! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 10:46:00

And here's the sad truth about drunken elephants... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21432722/ - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-08: 11:44:00

truly shocking story but at least they went out happy - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-08: 12:52:00

Very cute, almost Babaric...did you pull that one out of your trunk? - Nosila, 2008-02-09: 03:51:00

Creative and interesting! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-10: 16:50:00

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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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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: treem/u/lus

Sentence: He was treemulous as he slunk silently to his desk, hoping a new virus had attacked during the night and wiped out his caustic emails.

Etymology: tremulous + e (as in email)

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COMMENTS:

Embedding the e(mail) within tremulous was very creative! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 10:55:00

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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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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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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)

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