Home Subjects Archives Quotations
Search: Search Tips

drailing pp. Composing and sending an embarassing e-mail message while inebriated. [Blend of drunk and e-mailing]. Also: d-railing.
drail, d-rail v.

Example Citations:
A male friend of mine in Victoria enjoys passionate "drailing" (emailing when drunk) with a girl he's only ever got er, fleshy with in the organic world once.
—Genevieive Read, "You've got mail madness," Hobart Mercury, May 11, 2005

Generation Y's version of drunk dialing is d-railing, a term meaning e-mailing while drunk.

"Drunk e-mailing gives me a chance to say what I want without anyone hanging up on me," said Lola, who was interviewed by The Chronicle but did not want her real name used because of sensitivity about her job. She noted that most drunk e-mails have more substance than drunken-dialing conversations, which are often used to try to hook up. Lola started d-railing eight years ago, and though she said she spell-checks her messages, most drunk e-mails can be easily identified by their grammar and punctuation errors or the time they were sent.
—Heather Maddan, "TiPsY TyPiNG," The San Francisco Chronicle, December 25, 2005

Earliest Citation:
So without further ado, we present the DailyCandy Lexicon IV:

drailing:
E-mailing when drunk — i.e., drunk e-mailing.
—"Lexicon IV," Daily Candy NYC, October 22, 2002

Related Words:
drunk dial
exit memo
nastygram
smoking memo

Subject Categories:
Computers - E-mail
Culture - Drugs
Culture - Food and Drink

Posted on December 28, 2005 at 6:10 PM


 Recent posts:
  bio-mom
  jingle mail
  tuxeda
  boreout
  scuppie
  allergy bullying
  IMBY
  agflation
  mullet strategy
  walkshed
 Alphabetical archives:
  A B C D E F G H I
  J K L M N O P Q R
  S T U V W X Y Z #
 Other links:
Top 100 Words

Recent Words

Recent Quotes

Word Spy, The Book

Word Spy Citations

Feedback

My Favorite Words

My Neologisms

Paul McFedries



Copyright © 1995 - 2008 Paul McFedries and Logophilia Limited