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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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Whuismi
Created by: tonya87
Pronunciation: Who-is-me
Sentence: Why does every one leave a whuismi!
Etymology:
Phantomessage
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: fan-tum-ess-uj
Sentence: The voice mail message was some woman with a squeaky voice who urged me to call her back ASAP, as if I could. Another phantomessage!
Etymology: Phanto: From phantom. -- Message: what we call our voice mails.
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
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
Nofovoi
Created by: deannewby
Pronunciation: No-Fo-Voy
Sentence: I got another one of those stupid Nofovoi messages!
Etymology: A combination of: 'No' for 'lack of', 'fo' the second half of the word info, 'voi' part of the word voice.
Outacontext
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: owt a kon text
Sentence: yet another outacontext convinced her that she was giving her number out to freely, so she resolved not to date anyone in future who couldn't tie their own shoelaces
Etymology: out of context, text
Messyage
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: mess e age
Sentence: Karen was always receiving messyages from her friends, including her best friend who sounded just like her mum. So all in all it got very confusing.
Etymology: from messy and message.
Calldismay
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: cawl/dis/mae
Sentence: An empty voicemail is a calldismay
Etymology: call display + dismay
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-07: 13:23:00
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Voidmemo
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: våid-mE-mO
Sentence: As the message unfolded, Jane figured it was a voidmemo and promptly deleted it.
Etymology: void - null - nothing memo - memorandum - message with information
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COMMENTS:
I'm surprised no one has submitted voi(ce)dmail yet. It would make a nice accompaniment to this word. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-07: 11:39:00
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Anonymessage
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ənänəmesij
Sentence: Joan*s friend Mary is one of those people who lives in her own little world. She will start a conversation in her head 5 minutes before she starts to talk to you. It*s your job to catch up. It*s no wonder that Joan*s voicemail is full of anonymessages from her. By the time the beep sounds, Mary is half done with what she had to say. It*s like coming in late on a movie or TV show, hoping that you can figure out what you*ve missed.
Etymology: anonymous (a person not identified by name) + message (a verbal, written, or recorded communication sent to or left for a recipient who cannot be contacted directly)
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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