Vote for the best verboticism.
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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Treemulous
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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Emailarrhea
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: e-may-lah-ree-uh
Sentence: John felt a strange sense of emailarrhea after waking up in front of his computer surrounded by empty liquor bottles.
Etymology: email and diarrhea
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COMMENTS:
Right on the definition! Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 18:15:00
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Schizomailia
Created by: Misscj
Pronunciation: Skiz-o-may-li-a
Sentence: "I must have had schizomailia, I emailed everyone at work a photo of my nuts. I don't even remember doing it. It wasn't me".
Etymology: Schizophrenic emailing
Stoutbox
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)
Crassmailaphobia
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Crass-mail-a-pho-bee-a
Sentence: After he started a flamewar on his yahoo group,Craigs drunken submissions and their inevitable repercussions left him with a strong case of crassmailaphobia.
Etymology: Crass - Unsophistocated; (See also jackass,Ass) / mail - Communication. / Phobia - Fear
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COMMENTS:
Good choice of words, good blending! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 10:21:00
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Hangmail
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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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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Angstipsy
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: ahngks-TIP-see
Sentence: Zymxiety and blottoriety echoed like thunder in Bob's aching head. The anticipation of waiting was over; the fearsome figure of his boss loomed closer and closer. His angstipsy trebled and fumbling for words he trembled-out, " Good morning, Mr Grump -oops, I mean Mr Trump.
Etymology: ANGST: unspecified, uncertain feeling of dread, anxiety or anguish & TIPSY:being under the influence of strong drink, rendered foolish by liquor. ZYMXIETY: zym: fermentation in wine making, brewing & an(XIETY).BLOTTORIETY:blotto and notoriety
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COMMENTS:
Clever sentence! Beginning with a tongue-tripper for me ... and ending with Bob's angsttipsey tongue-tripping! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 11:03:00
Your many verbots always amaze me. Sometimes, like zym today, you bring new words to me. My parents and grandparents liked to zym California grapes. I like to zym sweet dark red cherries into cherry brandy! Zym is now zimmed indelibly to my vocabulary! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-08: 11:10:00
super word ozzie - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-08: 12:48:00
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Alcqwerty
Created by: loxhobabl
Pronunciation: al-kwur-tee
Sentence: Alcqwerty and boredom led to my rant on IM yesterday morning.
Etymology: alcohol + QWERTY
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