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DEFINITION: n. A psychological dependency on electronic messaging which often leads to compulsive emailing, even among people who are sitting inches apart. v. To email, twitter, or text compulsively.
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Consensualstext
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: con/sen/shu/al/ste/xt
Sentence: Texting constantly is quite alright as long as it's consensualstext.
Etymology: consensual sex + text
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COMMENTS:
textsational! - Nosila, 2011-02-08: 00:38:00
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Fanatitexting
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fənatitekstng
Sentence: William’s mother is glad she took the protection plan when she bought his phone. He has worn out numerous models fanatitexting his friends for hours at a time. He usually wears the printed letters off of the keypad shortly before the overheated electronics literally blow up.
Etymology: fanatic (a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal) + texting (an electronic communication sent and received by cellular phone)
Egomail
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: eego-male
Sentence: Please! Don't feed the egomails! Use your voice!
Etymology: email+ego (which you are feeding by doing this...)
Networkitis
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: net-werk-EYE-tis
Sentence: Gilbert has long been suffering from networkitis, a psychological condition that can only be relieved by near constant networking with others thru emails, text messaging, twitter, Facebook, chats and instant messaging. The prognosis is not good.
Etymology: Based on the word 'network' (v. to connect with others on line) with the addition of the suffix -itis ( denoting abnormal states or conditions, excesses, tendencies, obsessions)
Depenmail
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation: di/pun/mail
Sentence: He is a depenmail... just look at him typing!
Etymology: Dependece + email. For an obscure reason it made me think of "lolicon" so i put it as a noun even though i wanted to put it as a verb...
Emittle
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: e-mit-tel
Sentence: I started to emittle a little, then I started to emittle a lot. My girlfriend doesn't like much...
Etymology: emit+email
Instantity
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: in-stan-i-tee
Sentence: When I was first diagnosed with instantity, I couldn't wait to email the guy next to me all about it.
Etymology: instant + insanity
Techaddiction
Created by: lalaland6868
Pronunciation: Teck-Ah-Dick-shun
Sentence: Techaddiction is feared by most because it is believed to be taking over the next generation.
Etymology: Tech-technology Addiction- a strong attraction to.
Qwertycate
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: kw3rti-cate
Sentence: Ashley, Meghan and Tiffany would qwertycate with each other for hours, even if they were sitting in the same room together, at the movies or in school. When they began to text instead of speak, their parents and teachers worried that they were losing the ability to express themselves in speech, except for an occasional "whatever" when questioned by an adult. Doctors are becoming concerned that qwertycation can become a powerful addiction with teenagers, young adults and those parents who have learned how to text by their kids who constantly hunt them down via the phone to ask stupid questions.
Etymology: qwerty: a computer keyboard. Named for the first six letters on the left hand of a standard English typewriting keyboard, it is the name adopted for miniature keyboards used in texting devices such as phones. + communicate: exchange ideas or information
Textaholic
Created by: sonic101
Pronunciation: text-a-hol-ic
Sentence: James is such a textaholic, he emails his order at Starbucks while standing in line.
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Antimus.
Thank you Antimus! ~ James
Osomatic - 2007-03-09: 17:48:00
You know what's creepy that I didn't notice before now? The guy in this cartoon kinda looks like me.
Osomatic - 2007-03-09: 17:48:00
Kinda.
Today's definition was suggested by Antimus. Thank you Antimus. ~ James
Glad to see that everyone is talking with their fingers! Jasper Fforde certainly does it. And I was at a talk last night by August de los Reyes, creative director at Microsoft Surface, where they are designing a touch interface for the next generation computers. He says we are moving closer and closer to immateriality. I think that means fiction is becoming reality. That's we need people like Thursday Next -- Special Operatives in Jurisfiction -- to keep the story straight. ~ James