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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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Deposeate
Created by: skepsis
Pronunciation: de-pose-e-ate
Sentence: Billy-bob, a huge deposeate, keeps texting me from upstairs.
Etymology: depend close communicate
Deftmutism
Created by: srjones
Pronunciation: deft-mute-izm
Sentence: We don't talk anymore just chat due to his deftmutism.
Etymology:
Digitool
Created by: Ra1111
Pronunciation:
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
Itard
Created by: Mandalay
Pronunciation: iTard. As in iPod.
Sentence: You are such an iTard, completely useless without technology.
Etymology: iPods, iPhones, iBooks. The Apple range of portable technology. Tard is slang for retard or someone with retardation in my area.
Cybersessisyndromic
Created by: logorrhoea
Pronunciation: Si-ber-ses-ee-sin-drom-ik
Sentence: John sends 60 e-mails per hour but he hasn't spoken to any of his colleauges this month. He's been diagnosed by a psychiatrist as cybersessisyndromic.
Etymology: cyber + obsessed + syndrome
Aimania
Created by: Pseudonym
Pronunciation: ay-mayn-ee-a
Sentence: "Here's the link for the AIMania support site that I messaged you about."
Etymology: AIM + mania
Ebutted
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: e-buht-ed
Sentence: Ken compulsively ebutted his cubicle partner then elbowed him in the ribs.
Etymology: e - from electronic (as in email) and abutted - to touch at the edge.
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
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 :)