Verboticisms

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: hayng - maled

Sentence: Riley really felt hangmailed this morning in more ways than one. First, there was the enormous headache and queasiness from his hangover. But most horribly, he felt a sense of impending doom over the emails he thought he remembered sending last night. Did he really tell off his boss, his girlfriend, his brother and his best friend all in the span of a few hours? He was afraid to open his inbox.

Etymology: Hang (kill by hanging, hang one's head in shame; to be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind") + Hang is the beginning of the word hangover. The last part of the word is mailed (past tense of mail, as in its too late)....you've been hanged with your mail!!

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COMMENTS:

Super word and super etymology - silveryaspen, 2008-12-03: 17:06:00

Hangmailing sounds like a hanging offense...Good Word! - Nosila, 2008-12-03: 20:51:00

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Created by: whirlingstorm06

Pronunciation: al-konk-shoes

Sentence: Dave was alconxious last night. He drank, rambled on his computer and sent out emails and passed out. Now, he doesn't remember a thing he did.

Etymology: "alco" - alcohol "conx" - conked (passed out from drinking) "xious" - anxious

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Created by: bigveg

Pronunciation: al-co-heer-ence

Sentence: Consciousness returned to him gradually, as did the catalogue of transmissions which were sublimely alcoherent. They made no sense!

Etymology: alcohol, coherence

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Created by: DaddyNewt

Pronunciation: eeg/NOM/uh/nee

Sentence: Even his throbbing head didn't overshadow Sam's feeling of egnominy.

Etymology: e(ubiquitous as in email) + ignominy

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: in-ebe-re-MORS-e-mayl

Sentence: When Darryl awoke after his on line ventures while totally blotto and saw the entries in his email 'sent messages' folder he had a massive attack of inebremorsemail.

Etymology: Blend of inebriated, remorse, and email

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COMMENTS:

Good word, the remorse the merrier! - Nosila, 2008-12-04: 00:47:00

Cunning combo, M! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 01:30:00

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Created by: gregoriantumor

Pronunciation: al-ko-spam-i-tis

Sentence: The Nigerian spammer accuses his chronic spamming to alcospamitis.

Etymology: English; adj/adverb, 14th century

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Created by: Pmac46

Pronunciation: Thurst-i-fide

Sentence: Ted was fired from his job after he sent a rude e-mail to his boss while thirstified last night.

Etymology: (Thirst = a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid. + "ify" + past tenswe)

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Created by: hyperborean

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I looked at my phone this morning and realized iMeffed.

Etymology: i as in iPhone and effed as euphemism for f#!@ed.

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Created by: valevans

Pronunciation: tre-awl

Sentence: Jimmmy was drinking all night with friends and woke up with many messages about messages he had sent to his boss. "Oh man I treyalled...." he said.

Etymology: trey-unknown contact, all-embarrassment by others

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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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