d-rail

d-rail
 v.— «Generation Y’s version of drunk dialing is d-railing, a term meaning e-mailing while drunk.…He threw back a few beverages that had been on sale at the grocery store—from Pabst Blue Ribbon to Boone’s—before bidding on a Suzuki motorcycle on eBay. After winning the auction, he instant-messaged and d-railed his buddies to let them know they would be heading to Las Vegas the next day to pick up the $800 bike.» —“TiPsY TyPiNG” by Heather Maddan San Francisco Chronicle (California) Dec. 25, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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