Verboticisms

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

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Created by: greystarling

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Sentence: Man, I gotta cure me of this eddiction, it's getting out of hand - I'm checking my email in my sleep!

Etymology: compound noun from "e" of electronic (eg. email, ebook), and "addiction"

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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

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Created by: Pseudonym

Pronunciation: ay-mayn-ee-a

Sentence: "Here's the link for the AIMania support site that I messaged you about."

Etymology: AIM + mania

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Created by: duefiori

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Created by: rwoodward

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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'

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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

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Created by: Nicked

Pronunciation: re puls iv

Sentence: When I discovered that I would rather send an email to his cell phone than to walk into the next room to speak to him in person, I knew I was re: pulsive.

Etymology: Re: Email speak for "in response to" + pulsive from compulsive

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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"

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