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'Give me a call'

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.

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Speaktease

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: speek-teez

Sentence: Carole threw her phone at the wall in disgust when she realised that the deep, sexy voice on the message had not left a name or contact number. "What a speaktease" she exclaimed.

Etymology: speak (as one does when leaving a voicemail message) + tease (provoke) + p****tease (one who promises but does not deliver satisfaction)

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Crypticall

Created by: iwasatripwire

Pronunciation: crip-tih-call

Sentence:

Etymology: cryptic + call

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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

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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

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Stealthexting

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: stelth-EXT-ing

Sentence: Veronica got great joy and even prided herself on her stealthexting technique, wherein she could always manage to leave messages she knew would be unwelcome but that also left no indentifying trail.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'stealth' and 'texting'

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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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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.

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Callmoflage

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: kall - moe - flaj

Sentence: It looked like a phone call, it looked like a message. Wait; it was a callmoflage because Monica could not tell who it was from. The identity of the caller remained hidden inside the message and could not be identified.

Etymology: call, camoflage (hide by closely resembling the natural environment)

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COMMENTS:

The callmoflage before the storm...good word! - Nosila, 2009-09-25: 00:31:00

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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

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Blankcall

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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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-07: 12:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-24: 00:00:00
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-24: 10:01:00
Jasper Fforde has just emailed me to tell me that he has signed his book and he is "dispatching" it to us asap, so we can award it to the top writer this week. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-24: 10:29:00
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