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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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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

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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

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Cybereliance

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: seye berr rell eye ens

Sentence: His cyberreliance was so bad he would regularly spam himself.

Etymology: cyber reliance

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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

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Spamoholics

Created by: jpmikkers

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Etymology: People that are addicted to making and reading useless mails.

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Electroscaredycat

Created by: gabioace

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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.

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Re: pulsive

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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