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DEFINITION: A psychological dependency on electronic messaging which often leads to compulsive emailing, even among people who are sitting inches apart.
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Emessagia
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ee-mes-ij-ee-ah
Sentence: The fonts that his co worker used made him want to stick pins in his eyes, maybe he was suffering from a bad case of emessagia.
Etymology: a mental disorder characterized by compulsive e-messaging
Asciphilia
Created by: DrHarvey
Pronunciation: Ass-key-fill-eya
Sentence: I've managed to impress the girl across from me at the library - I think - though our relationship is purely asciphilic.
Etymology: 'Ascii' - form of digital text or code '-philia' - from the Greek 'to love'
Epistuposis
Created by: AetasSerenus
Pronunciation: epi-stu-posis
Sentence: A friend of mine has developed a bad case of epistuposis, I haven't spoke face to face with her for over a month
Etymology: From the latin words epístula and pósitus, meaning e-mail and addict
Proximailing
Created by: jenorthar
Pronunciation: prox-email-ing
Sentence: Although they were sitting together on the couch, Bob and Jane continued proximailing each other in silence.
Etymology: proximity + emailing
Jerkmailiac
Created by: noztril
Pronunciation: jurk mayl ee ak
Sentence: Sanford is a jerkmailiac
Etymology: jerk + junkmail + insomniac
Eddicted
Created by: IneffableDawn
Pronunciation: ee-dik-ted
Sentence: Bob was so eddicted that his college professor had to email him with a message that said, "Yes, Bob?" When he raised his hand in class.
Etymology: E: From 'e-mail' ddicted: from 'addicted'
Comments:
jadakiss98682 - 2007-08-29: 17:02:00
click on stewhawk and check the etymology of the word. it only makes sense
jadakiss98682 - 2007-08-29: 18:01:00
stewhawk = stephen hawking awesome :)