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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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Simbiotic
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: SIM-bi-o-tic
Sentence: Mat and Tracey had a simbiotic relationship that was made stronger by the fact that neither had to face the other.
Etymology: a perversion of symbiotic that incorporates IM (Instant Message)
Eddicted
Created by: IneffableDawn
Pronunciation: ee-dik-ted
Sentence: Bob was so eddicted that his college professor had to email him with a message that said, "Yes, Bob?" When he raised his hand in class.
Etymology: E: From 'e-mail' ddicted: from 'addicted'
Emessagia
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ee-mes-ij-ee-ah
Sentence: The fonts that his co worker used made him want to stick pins in his eyes, maybe he was suffering from a bad case of emessagia.
Etymology: a mental disorder characterized by compulsive e-messaging
Internependent
Created by: thesteviest
Pronunciation: in-ter-ne-PEN-dent
Sentence: Internepents Anonymous first step is to take a group of people and their lap tops out of the same room and make them converse through instant messaging from different rooms.
Etymology: internet and dependent
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
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
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.
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 :)