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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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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

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Yahoophoria

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: Ya-who-four-ee-ya

Sentence: Dennis spent most of his day in a state of Yahoophoria, compulsively chacking his email and im-ing his cubicle mate.

Etymology: Yahoo (email, IM service) and euphoria

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Etardation

Created by: joelb

Pronunciation: e-tard-ay-shun

Sentence: His etardation reached it's pinnacle when he requested a video conference from across the room.

Etymology: e (for electronic, like in e-mail) + retardation

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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.

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Webuffoon

Created by: torpid

Pronunciation: web-uh-foon

Sentence: Nancy was such a webuffoon that she emailed Rick twelve times using her blackberry on their first date.

Etymology: Web + Buffoon

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Imever

Created by: Victoria

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Internependent

Created by: thesteviest

Pronunciation: in-ter-ne-PEN-dent

Sentence: Internepents Anonymous first step is to take a group of people and their lap tops out of the same room and make them converse through instant messaging from different rooms.

Etymology: internet and dependent

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Digitool

Created by: Ra1111

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Sentence: The only cure for Digitool Syndrome is to strand the person in the wilderness and if they should make it out alive, send them to live with the Amish.

Etymology: Digital/Tool

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