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DEFINITION: n. A message, which does not include a name, a number, or any other relevant information which could be used to identify the caller. v. To leave a message without identifying yourself.
Verboticisms
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Crypticall
Created by: iwasatripwire
Pronunciation: crip-tih-call
Sentence:
Etymology: cryptic + call
Poltervoice
Created by: ShaggE
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "How do people expect me to call them back when all they leave is a poltervoice?"
Etymology: Poltergeist+ Voice
Anonymissive
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: uh-non-uh-mis-iv
Sentence: "Blocked" anonymissives on her cell were giving Tammy a headache.
Etymology: anony + missive 1601, from Gk. anonymos "without a name," from an- "without" + onyma ("m" is retained by use of "missive"), Æolic dialectal form of onoma "name" + 1444, from M.L. missivus "for sending, sent," esp. in littera missiva "letters sent," fro
Beepbeepditch
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: beep-beep-ditch
Sentence: Thanks to caller-ID the number of beepbeepditches has drastically decreased over the last decade
Etymology: from the game ding-dong-ditch
Gibbage
Created by: toralora
Pronunciation: gibb/a/ch
Sentence: I didn't call you back because you left a gibbage on my voice mail. How could I have known it was you?
Etymology: Gibberish (=nonsense) + message
Phononymous
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: foe-non-ee-mus
Sentence: he enjoyed the mystery of it, the tension... he could almost taste their need to know more...oh yes... he much preferred to remain phononymous
Etymology: anonymous, phone
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COMMENTS:
good! - wordmeister, 2007-03-07: 01:14:00
Wonderful! - ErWenn, 2007-03-07: 01:36:00
like it. - galwaywegian, 2007-03-07: 03:41:00
Me too. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-07: 18:12:00
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Voinymess
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation:
Sentence: another voinymess... oh really.
Etymology: voice + privative particule + message
Guessage
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: gess-ij
Sentence: The guessage on her machine said nothing more than "Meet me at Sam's Place at 6." Because she was in contact with over two dozen on-line daters, Alice realized she was driving to a semi-blind date.
Etymology: guess, message
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COMMENTS:
Simple but effective! - Discoveria, 2007-03-07: 09:15:00
Better than mine, which was 'lessage.' - emd2k3, 2007-03-07: 14:57:00
Thanks, it's the first time I came up with a decent word in about 4.5 seconds. It takes me forever to come up with bad ones. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-07: 18:02:00
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Telememorondumb
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: tele-mem-mOr-on-dum
Sentence: David listens to his telememorondumb messages, trying to use voice recognition to guess the ID of the callers leaving no information.
Etymology: telephone/memorandum,as in message/moron/dumb
Voicefail
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: voy-sss-fay-el
Sentence: Once again, Wanda fell victim to several voicefail messages when most of the callers left no information.
Etymology: Voice+fail
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COMMENTS:
Oooh the best! - BMott, 2007-03-08: 23:56:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James
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