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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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Compulsotype
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Com-pul-so-type
Sentence: Tony Twitterbug would rather compulsotype to ask Netty Texti to go out with him to have coffee.
Etymology: Compulso slang for "Compulsion"; an irresistible persistent impulse to perform an act. Type; a person or thing.
Thumbunicate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: θəmyoōnəkāt
Sentence: Qwerty can only thumbunicate with the rest of the world via his Crackberry from his home deep in the heart of Textus.
Etymology: thumb (the short, thick first digit of the human hand, set lower and apart from the other four and opposable to them) + communicate (share or exchange information, news, or ideas)
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2009-09-23: 12:14:00
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Needymail
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: nee-dee-meyl
Sentence: Jackie's neeymailing issue had gotten her Blackberry taken away and a free trip to the principal's office. Twitching her fingers, she now sat outside.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
this is good - wordmeister, 2007-03-22: 16:00:00
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Commpulsion
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kom puhlll shun
Sentence: Harry the commpulsive comms wizard told his fluffy white owl his message carrying services would no longer be required since the arrival of twitter. Twitt? to who? his feathered ex-friend hooted
Etymology: communications, compulsion
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COMMENTS:
What a hoot...owl like it! - Nosila, 2009-09-23: 10:36:00
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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
Eyembrainosis
Created by: bettyann9
Pronunciation: Eye-em-brane-ose-is
Sentence: Overuse of Yahoo messenger can lead to severe eyembrainosis. The only known treatment is removal from the computer area and forced conversation with strangers in line at the supermarket.
Etymology: IM (instant messaging)+ brain (brain) + osis (a diseased or abnormal condition)
Tweetfreak
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: tweet - freek
Sentence: When I met Elijah, I knew there was something different about him. He seemed to be mute. If I asked him a question, he would smile and type. By the time I walked away, I had the answer on my Blackberry. Elijah had become a tweetfreak; he had apparantly decided he would rather twitter than talk.
Etymology: tweet (Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets), freak (addict: someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction)
Emailady
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: E-mail ad ee
Sentence: You could watch Carol and Emma from accross the office constantly in a situation of Emailady, unable to even say a word but still talking through their email.
Etymology: from email and malady
Cybereliance
Created by: iwasatripwire
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I don't mind my cybereliance--it means I don't have to hear my roommate's voice anymore.
Etymology: cyber + reliance (duh)
Implusiveemailing
Created by: gamurray121
Pronunciation: Impulsive-email-ing
Sentence:
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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