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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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Asciphilia
Created by: DrHarvey
Pronunciation: Ass-key-fill-eya
Sentence: I've managed to impress the girl across from me at the library - I think - though our relationship is purely asciphilic.
Etymology: 'Ascii' - form of digital text or code '-philia' - from the Greek 'to love'
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
Aimania
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
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
Stewhawk
Created by: jadakiss98682
Pronunciation: stew-hawk
Sentence: *Sees two people on their laptops flirting. "get off the laptop and tap that you stewhawk!"
Etymology: stephen hawking was the influence on this one...... considering the fact that the man is scared to speak out of his own mouth :))) i still love you stewie
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COMMENTS:
so creative sooo so much - jadakiss98682, 2007-08-29: 17:01:00
pretty clever - futebollounge, 2007-08-29: 17:03:00
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Ebutted
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: e-buht-ed
Sentence: Ken compulsively ebutted his cubicle partner then elbowed him in the ribs.
Etymology: e - from electronic (as in email) and abutted - to touch at the edge.
Proximailing
Created by: jenorthar
Pronunciation: prox-email-ing
Sentence: Although they were sitting together on the couch, Bob and Jane continued proximailing each other in silence.
Etymology: proximity + emailing
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 :)