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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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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
Uselessage
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: use + less + edge
Sentence: Oh great, somebody left me another uselessage. When will they learn? WHEN?
Etymology: usless + message
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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Lessage
Created by: emd2k3
Pronunciation: Less-age
Sentence: He left me no name or number, it's a total lessage.
Etymology: Message, Less
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)
Guessage
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: gess-ij
Sentence: The guessage on her machine said nothing more than "Meet me at Sam's Place at 6." Because she was in contact with over two dozen on-line daters, Alice realized she was driving to a semi-blind date.
Etymology: guess, message
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COMMENTS:
Simple but effective! - Discoveria, 2007-03-07: 09:15:00
Better than mine, which was 'lessage.' - emd2k3, 2007-03-07: 14:57:00
Thanks, it's the first time I came up with a decent word in about 4.5 seconds. It takes me forever to come up with bad ones. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-07: 18:02:00
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Nofovoi
Created by: deannewby
Pronunciation: No-Fo-Voy
Sentence: I got another one of those stupid Nofovoi messages!
Etymology: A combination of: 'No' for 'lack of', 'fo' the second half of the word info, 'voi' part of the word voice.
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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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
Braincrusher
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: braincrusher
Sentence: this message is a braincrusher
Etymology: getting all mixed up in thinking who you might have called
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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