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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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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
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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Anonymessage
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: uh-NON-ee-mes-ej
Sentence: Bloody hell! That's the third anonymessage today. Maybe I should just start answering the phone...
Etymology: a message from anonymous
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COMMENTS:
Great one! - BMott, 2007-03-08: 23:55:00
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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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Braincrusher
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: braincrusher
Sentence: this message is a braincrusher
Etymology: getting all mixed up in thinking who you might have called
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
Fromwhonication
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: from who nik kay shun
Sentence: Gisele hated the fact that all her 14 year old girlfriends left her messages, but she could not figure out who had sent them. She called this a fromwhonication and her friends could never figure out why she never called them back.
Etymology: From who? & Communication (the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information)
Generovoice
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: jen-aro-voyce
Sentence: Ginger tired to figure out who left the generovoice message, but couldn't because she didn't recognize the caller's voice.
Etymology: Genero;(slang for "generic")Generic; is something that is general, common, or inclusive rather than specific, unique, or selective. Voice; sound produced by vertebrates by means of lungs, larynx, or syrinx; especially : sound so produced by human beings.
Anonymail
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: An-non-nee-male
Sentence: Jill got so many anonymails that she eventually learnt to identify her friends by the length of their pausing between words.
Etymology: Anonymous + mail
Noisemail
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: NOYZ-mayl
Sentence: She deleted all her noisemail, not knowing that it was the man destined to be her true love, stuck with a malfunctioning phone.
Etymology: noise + [voice]mail
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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