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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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Ghostmail

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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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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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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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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Poltervoice

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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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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Voicefail

Created by: Sed8ed

Pronunciation: voy-sss-fay-el

Sentence: Once again, Wanda fell victim to several voicefail messages when most of the callers left no information.

Etymology: Voice+fail

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COMMENTS:

Oooh the best! - BMott, 2007-03-08: 23:56:00

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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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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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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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Comments:

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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