Verboticisms

Created by: ShaggE

Pronunciation:

Sentence: "How do people expect me to call them back when all they leave is a poltervoice?"

Etymology: Poltergeist+ Voice

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kawl ler hy dee

Sentence: Ginger's new phone had all the bells and whistles and yet she still received mysterious calls from unknown senders. The person trying to reach her obviously had a callerhidee feature on their phone. After fretting for two weeks that she was being stalked by some masher, she went to the phone company. Mystery solved...it turned out to be a five year old in Buenos Aires who had just discovered his mom's phone and among other things, loved the beepy noises that the re-dial button made.

Etymology: Play on Caller ID (a small display that will show you the telephone number of the party calling you) & Hide (make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing)

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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)

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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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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: 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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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: 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: EffingCharms

Pronunciation: name-less-edge

Sentence: GR! If I find out who keeps leaving me these annoying namelessage's, I swear I'll... leave them one back!!!!

Etymology: nameless- without a name; without an identifyable characteristic -age the end of message, a letter or note left for someone when they're unattainable

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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: GOST-mayl

Sentence: His message was a ghostmail as it didn't include any identifying information and could not be returned.

Etymology: ghost + mail

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