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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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Voinymess
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation:
Sentence: another voinymess... oh really.
Etymology: voice + privative particule + message
Callerhidee
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)
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
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.
Speaktease
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)
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
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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Enigmessage
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌɛnɪgˈmɛsədʒ/
Sentence: I hate enigmessages.
Etymology: From enigma + message.
Braincrusher
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: braincrusher
Sentence: this message is a braincrusher
Etymology: getting all mixed up in thinking who you might have called
Generovoice
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.
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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