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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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Eqwertyosis
Created by: apathy42
Pronunciation: E-quer-tee-OH-sis
Sentence: Tim's eqwertyosis led him to develop calluses on his thumbs when he got his Blackjack.
Etymology: E from e-mail, qwerty from the keyboard style, -osis latin root for mental disorder.
Maelresivitus
Created by: h4ste
Pronunciation: mail-receive-itus
Sentence: Son, you've got a bad case of maelresivitus. Even when im just in front of you, you're texting me your replies.
Etymology: mail + recieve + itus
Re: pulsive
Created by: Nicked
Pronunciation: re puls iv
Sentence: When I discovered that I would rather send an email to his cell phone than to walk into the next room to speak to him in person, I knew I was re: pulsive.
Etymology: Re: Email speak for "in response to" + pulsive from compulsive
Converivacy
Created by: earljw
Pronunciation: con-ver-i-va-cee
Sentence: I want to talk to some of my co-workers, but don't want the others to hear. So one of my colleagues and I engage in converivacy.
Etymology: conversation + privacy
Blackburied
Created by: faithlessphil
Pronunciation: blak-buh-reed
Sentence: Jack could have just told Mary about the party in person, but years of texting have made him too blackburied.
Etymology: Blackberry + buried
Cybereliance
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: seye berr rell eye ens
Sentence: His cyberreliance was so bad he would regularly spam himself.
Etymology: cyber reliance
Etwittermania
Created by: woofmaster
Pronunciation: e-twit-ter-may-nee-uh
Sentence: I'm sorry, Mrs. Collins. Your son -- your son has etwittermania. He's an etwittermaniac.
Etymology: From "e" (from e-mail, etc.), "twitter" (to twitter on, and, also, Twitter), mania (a suffix typically applied to obsessive behavioral disorders).
Ediction
Created by: jackalterman
Pronunciation: ee-dik-shun
Sentence: Harold's overwhelming ediction contributed to the downfall of his intra-personal communication, and ultimately, his family life.
Etymology:
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 :)