Verboticisms

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

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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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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: best-fren-on-uh-muhs

Sentence: As a bill collector Tom is famous for getting people to call him back by leaving bestfrienonymous voicemail messages. "Hey, (insert name here) haven't talked to you for quite some time. Give me a call back and we can catch up." Most clients (victims) are so stunned at being fooled that they pay up their accounts without much resistance.

Etymology: best friend + anonymous (of unknown name)

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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

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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.

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Created by: Windyo

Pronunciation:

Sentence: another voinymess... oh really.

Etymology: voice + privative particule + message

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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: blank call

Sentence: I HATE those damn blank callers! how am I suposed to know who it is?? I don't have voice recognition!

Etymology: play on the phrase "crank call" or "prank call" (only this one is not playful)

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Created by: tonya87

Pronunciation: Who-is-me

Sentence: Why does every one leave a whuismi!

Etymology:

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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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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌɛnɪgˈmɛsədʒ/

Sentence: I hate enigmessages.

Etymology: From enigma + message.

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