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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.
Verboticisms
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Emal
Created by: FreeToys
Pronunciation: e' - Mal
Sentence: The scientists at the Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory were enraged when Verbotomy absconded their acronym, to, oddly enough, describe a condition that most of them also shared.
Etymology: Maladjusted/eMailing
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COMMENTS:
It wouldn't let me change the spelling to eMal - FreeToys, 2007-08-29: 10:41:00
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Jerkmailiac
Created by: noztril
Pronunciation: jurk mayl ee ak
Sentence: Sanford is a jerkmailiac
Etymology: jerk + junkmail + insomniac
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
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'
Spamoholics
Created by: jpmikkers
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: People that are addicted to making and reading useless mails.
Enal
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: e/nal
Sentence: To cover his ass and reassure himself he has told everybody everything he should and covered all his bases, my boss e-mails everything instead of speaking any more. He's totally enal.
Etymology: e-mail + anal
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COMMENTS:
got my vote! - remistram, 2007-08-29: 09:15:00
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Electroximate
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: ee-lehk-TRAHKS-sihm-muht
Sentence: Alex vainly carried on an electroximate relationship with the woman in the next cubicle. He did wonder why she never returned his IMs, though he knew she was at her desk.
Etymology: electronic + proximate (nearby)
Cybereliance
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: seye berr rell eye ens
Sentence: His cyberreliance was so bad he would regularly spam himself.
Etymology: cyber reliance
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 :)