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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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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:
Technosloth
Created by: Neej13
Pronunciation: TEK-no-sloth
Sentence: A true technosloth, Barry preferred to email his cubicle neighbor about whether he'd attend today's meeting, rather than respond directly.
Etymology: Technology + sloth
Stewhawk
Created by: jadakiss98682
Pronunciation: stew-hawk
Sentence: *Sees two people on their laptops flirting. "get off the laptop and tap that you stewhawk!"
Etymology: stephen hawking was the influence on this one...... considering the fact that the man is scared to speak out of his own mouth :))) i still love you stewie
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COMMENTS:
so creative sooo so much - jadakiss98682, 2007-08-29: 17:01:00
pretty clever - futebollounge, 2007-08-29: 17:03:00
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Technopendent
Created by: futebollounge
Pronunciation: tek-no-pen-dent
Sentence: Michael, who was technopendant all his life vomited during his first encounter with Alice, the girl he met on myspace.
Etymology: developed 5 minutes ago in my filthy brain
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COMMENTS:
awesome word u win :) - futebollounge, 2007-08-29: 16:51:00
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Imdependency
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: IM-dependency
Sentence: Bill's impediment to social interaction was his imdependency. It got so bad that even when he locked away his laptop, he kept throwing LOLs and BTWs into the conversation.
Etymology: IM (instant messaging) + dependency
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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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
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
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 :)