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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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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.
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
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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Proximailing
Created by: jenorthar
Pronunciation: prox-email-ing
Sentence: Although they were sitting together on the couch, Bob and Jane continued proximailing each other in silence.
Etymology: proximity + emailing
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
Technopend
Created by: qcpbraca
Pronunciation: Tech-no-pend
Sentence: He is such a technopend, he just simply can't leave his computer when we are about to go out, he always say "just one minute more, i need to read this email"
Etymology:
Ependent
Created by: Tesher
Pronunciation: e-pen-dent
Sentence: Adam is completely ependent. He even sends text messages to his girlfriend while they are making out.
Etymology: Electronic (abbreviated as 'E') - dependent (may be varied to -dant for the British)
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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Deftmutism
Created by: srjones
Pronunciation: deft-mute-izm
Sentence: We don't talk anymore just chat due to his deftmutism.
Etymology:
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.
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 :)