Verboticisms

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: hall-ee-jaw-lee-ham-erd

Sentence: He was so hollyjollyhammered that he offered to grace everyone at the office Christmas party with his heavenly voice and sing a Christmas tune - it was an amalgamation of Silent Night, Little Drummer Boy, and Take This Job and Shove It.

Etymology: Hollyjolly (as in the Christmas spirit) + hammered (drunk, wasted)

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: hollee - drunk

Sentence: Nathan showed up for the Christmas party hollydrunk. His santa suit was rumpled, his eyebrows were wild and he kept talking about leaving Rudolph at the mall.

Etymology: hoiday, holly, drunk

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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: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈæntiˌtoʊdəlɚ/

Sentence: The antitotaler was ejected from the party after being charged with the host with a PWI. He was only able to make a PUI stick, however.

Etymology: antitotaler: from anti- + teetotaler PUI: Partying Under the Influence PWI: Partying While Intoxicated

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Created by: SKK717

Pronunciation: Merry Sot Ness

Sentence: His merrisotness was apparent when he walked into the party. And was even more pronunced up close, where you could smell the whiskey.

Etymology: From the words Merry - happy Sot - to be inebriated and ness - to be full of

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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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Created by: nolabrarian

Pronunciation: fest-i-cay-ted

Sentence: Knowing he would be cornered by employees with varying emotional disorders and negligble social skills during the office holiday party, Jim festicated himself at his local bar.

Etymology: festively (holidays) + medicated (booze)

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /kris-mel'-lohd/

Sentence: First I christmellowed with a couple nips of brandy before the holiday party, until I heard minglebells in my head, and that loosened me up enough to impress my boss, and Gail from Marketing, with some funny stories of my Uncle Frank, and then I even did an imitation of my dear uncle every Christmas Eve, right there on the floor.

Etymology: Christmas (Old English, Cristes maesse "Mass of Christ") + mellowed - mildly and pleasantly intoxicated (Old English, mearu. Meaning "slightly drunk" is from 1690.)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: my tyed won on

Sentence: When it came time to meeting his in-laws, Ryan Water, had maitaiedoneon. Though Jean Ann Tonik and Scott Chen Soda were lovely people as in-laws, their reputation preceeded them. Ryan feared ale-ienation and decided to rum-inate on his own about their future. His lovely bride, Sangria, had been previously engaged to Count Dubonnet and had shot her chances at a quiet life. Luckily, his folks, Tom Collins and the lovely Iris Coffee had raised their little nipper to have manners. When the spirit overtook him, he did not argue with any relatives. He never beer-trayed their trust.

Etymology: Mai Tai (A cocktail made with rum, curaçao, and fruit juices) & Tied One On (got drunk;To become intoxicated; go on a drinking spree)

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COMMENTS:

I feel a little intoxicated just reading your sentence. - artr, 2009-12-23: 06:58:00

I feel a little intoxicated just reading your sentence. - artr, 2009-12-23: 07:00:00

Cheers! - Nosila, 2009-12-23: 08:13:00

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: JOL-ee-Tip-uhl

Sentence: After a couple of "steadiers" Bob, a hoptimist with a 'corona' of confidence, descended upon his workplace's Christmas party like a festilence, and jollitippled fellow-workers who normally 'drove him to drink".

Etymology: JOLLY: Slang. slightly drunk; tipsy 2.Informal. to talk or act agreeably to (a person) in order to keep that person in good humor, esp. in the hope of gaining something. "They jollied him along until the job was done." 3.To cause to be jolly; to make good-natured; to encourage to feel pleasant or cheerful; -- often implying an insincere or bantering spirit; hence, to poke fun at. [Colloq.] TIPPLE:to drink (intoxicating liquor), esp. repeatedly, in small quantities.

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