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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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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
Maelresivitus
Created by: h4ste
Pronunciation: mail-receive-itus
Sentence: Son, you've got a bad case of maelresivitus. Even when im just in front of you, you're texting me your replies.
Etymology: mail + recieve + itus
Emailosis
Created by: cujoe
Pronunciation: E-mail-o-sis
Sentence: He emailed her when she was 3 feet away! He has a bad case of Emailosis.
Etymology: Combination of Email and psychosis.
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:
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:
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
Socialelectrono
Created by: pinkpearls94
Pronunciation: social-electrouno
Sentence:
Etymology:
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
Imoholic
Created by: sevith
Pronunciation: eye-em-oh-HALL-ic
Sentence: My sister Cathy e-mailed me about an e-mail. Clearly an IMoholic
Etymology: IM short for instant message. -Oholic name of the patron saint of Oxycontin
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)
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 :)