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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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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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Inblognito

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: in/blog/nee/toe

Sentence: My most promising and interesting messages I ever receive usually come inblognito. I can never follow up, or act on them. So to get even and relieve my frustration, I randomly leave one of my friends an inblognito.

Etymology: incognito + blog

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COMMENTS:

Nice to see that you are spreading the joy... Unfortunately they don't let us leave anonymous messages here, so you'll know this message is from me. - wordmeister, 2007-03-07: 01:10:00

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Voinymess

Created by: Windyo

Pronunciation:

Sentence: another voinymess... oh really.

Etymology: voice + privative particule + message

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Mumblast

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: mum/blast

Sentence: .... another mumblast - it must be from the psychic hotline again

Etymology: mum (silent)+ bombast (talk) + blast (scream)

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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

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Messyage

erasmus

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.

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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

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Voidmemo

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: vĂ¥id-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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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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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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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
I have just added Gravatars to Verbotomy. This means that you can use a personalized gravatar icon to represent your identity at Verbotomy. It's easy to do:

1. Go to www.gravatar.com (It's free.)

2. Set up an account using the same email address you use a Verbotomy.

3. Upload an picture (of yourself) to use as your avatar.

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If you would like me to create a personalized Verbotomy avatar for you, email me at james@verbotomy.com. I will be glad to draw a personalized Verbotomy Character just for you. ~ James