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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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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

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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)

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Ecommunimania

Created by: TehRussians

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Freakomailogy

Created by: Poeiden

Pronunciation: free-ko-mai-lo-gy

Sentence: Bob the computer technician suffers from an occupational hazard of freakomailogy.

Etymology: freak + mail +psychoLOGY

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Etwittermania

Created by: woofmaster

Pronunciation: e-twit-ter-may-nee-uh

Sentence: I'm sorry, Mrs. Collins. Your son -- your son has etwittermania. He's an etwittermaniac.

Etymology: From "e" (from e-mail, etc.), "twitter" (to twitter on, and, also, Twitter), mania (a suffix typically applied to obsessive behavioral disorders).

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