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DEFINITION: A voice mail message, which does not include a name, a number, or any other relevant information which could be used to identify the caller.
Verboticisms
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Mysterme
Created by: Nicked
Pronunciation: MIS'-ter-me
Sentence: Tongue-tied was one thing, but brain-tied was another, she thought as she listened to yet another MysterME message asking for her to return the call.
Etymology: Myster from mystery and Mister + me from "It's me!" Alternative: MEsterious, MEntal
Mystage
Created by: CapeCodBob
Pronunciation: mist (as in MYSTery) ahj (as in messAGE)
Sentence: WTF, I just got another mystage marked "urgent."
Etymology: Mystery and message
Smeemail
Created by: caffreyc
Pronunciation: tsmee-mail
Sentence: I got another smeemail today - I guess I know too many smees.
Etymology: "It's me" + mail
Unrememessage
Created by: cujoe
Pronunciation: Un-ree-mehm-mehs-ehge
Sentence: Who is that? This is a total unrememessage.
Etymology: A combination of unrememberable and message.
Incallnito
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: in-cawl-ni-toh
Sentence: Ken returned home and found an incallnito on his answering machine.
Etymology: A combination of incognito - (conceal) and call - (communicate)
Ghostmail
Created by: vmaxx
Pronunciation: um... [gohst]-[meyl]
Sentence: I specifically ask for callers to leave their name and phone number on my message to avoid ghostmail, but you know what, people just ignore it and assume I'm going to recognize a 1-second "hey, it's me!, give me a shout!" message. duh.
Etymology: um ghost + mail ;-)
Anonypistle
Created by: IneffableDawn
Pronunciation: ah-NON-ee-piss-tuhl
Sentence: "Hey, just calling to check in. Call me on my cell when you get this! Bye!" Katherine listened to the message left on her phone, trying in vain to recognize the voice. Who had left this anonypistle?
Etymology: Anon: From 'anonymous' (sorry, horrible spelling) Pistle: 'piss' as in 'pissed off', since these messages irk many, and pistle comes from 'epistle', meaning message.
Blindcall
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I have got a date tonight but as it was a blindcall I do not know where to go.
Etymology:
Casper
Created by: FreeToys
Pronunciation: cas' - per
Sentence: I have no idea who left that Casper?
Etymology: message by friendly/unknown entity, as in the cartoon ghost
Phononymous
Created by: noztril
Pronunciation: foh non uh muhs
Sentence: i received a call from phononymous
Etymology: phone + anonymous
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COMMENTS:
LOL. - kairuko, 2007-09-12: 23:45:00
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Quessage
Created by: DrHarvey
Pronunciation: Kwes-adge
Sentence: I received a quessage from one of the consultant surgeons regarding an urgent USS doppler study. They didn't leave the patient's details, or even their own!
Etymology: 'Question' - noun, a sentence implying the need for a response 'Message' - noun, relay of information
Anonycall
Created by: earljw
Pronunciation: a-non'-i-cal
Sentence: Damn! Someone left me another anonycall. How can I managed all these girlfriends?
Etymology: anonymous + phone call
Unknail
Created by: skepsis
Pronunciation: un-nail
Sentence: I received an unknail this morning and I have no clue who sent it.
Etymology: unknown and mail
Guessage
Created by: faithlessphil
Pronunciation: geh-sej
Sentence: Jim was so egotistical that he always assumed that his friends would recognize his voice, so he would always just leave guessages. Jim's friends don't really like him.
Etymology: Guess (because you have to guess) + sage from "Message"
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COMMENTS:
Nice combination of words - Poeiden, 2007-08-30: 07:22:00
you beat me to it! >:) - joelb, 2007-08-30: 20:50:00
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Anonatard
Created by: dannyrvk
Pronunciation: Anon-o-tard
Sentence: not another anonatard
Etymology: anonomous and fucktard
Nonnystalk
Created by: felixpol
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Sally keeps getting creepy nonnystalk calls. You know the kind - heavy breathing, short laugh, and I know what you did last summer. Weird.
Etymology: Nonny short for Anonymous. Stalk for stalkers.
Annoysmail
Created by: jabbermarky
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: from annoys and voicemail.
Anonymail
Created by: shiftysquid
Pronunciation: A-non-i-male
Sentence: I got an anonymail from some random dude today.
Etymology: Anonymous + mail
Incognicall
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: in-kog-nee-kawl
Sentence: She realised she incognicalled herself yesterday at work to remind herself to pick up her calls at home.
Etymology: incognito + call
Whoteheck
Created by: teh8thdeadlysin
Pronunciation: Who-ta-heck
Sentence: After giving out my phone number to a bunch of people at camp, my phone was full of whotehecks.
Etymology: who- from the word who, teh- as in hacker speack from mispelling the, and heck as in heck.
Fram
Created by: shifty
Pronunciation: Fur am
Sentence: Brian always send me fram, but his voice is so common I can never tell it's him!
Etymology: Friend Spam = fram
Noisemail
Created by: jpmikkers
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: noisemail rhymes with voicemail
Anonymemo
Created by: Pseudonym
Pronunciation: a-non-y-me-mo
Sentence: "I think the landlord called, but I'll assume it's an anonymemo."
Etymology: anonymous + memo
Enigmessage
Created by: sevith
Pronunciation: ee-NIG-mes-ij
Sentence: If you ever receive an enigmessage, just delete and forget.
Etymology: E-the letter for all things electronic + enigma-a mystery + message-ancient greek for a letter or to rub someone else's neck.
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COMMENTS:
I also came up with this but you got there first. - MrDave2176, 2007-08-30: 17:25:00
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Whomail
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: who-mail
Sentence: Out of three missed calls, two were whomails including one which sounded like the inside of someone's pocket or purse.
Etymology: who (for lack of ID) + mail (voicemail)
Phancall
Created by: Kombooch
Pronunciation: Fan - Call
Sentence: Don't you hate it when you get a mysterious phancall and have to figure out if you recognize the voice or if it was just a wrong number!?!
Etymology: Phantom Caller
Mettage
Created by: Duff333
Pronunciation: met - tage
Sentence: Ugh, this guy keeps leaving me the same stupid mettage!
Etymology:
Communiquepasa
Created by: torpid
Pronunciation: kuh-myoo-ni-key-pah-suh
Sentence: Joan had no idea who left the cryptic communiquepasa, "Call me" in her voicemail, but was able to determine that it was John by the fact that no one else liked her.
Etymology: Communique (offical announcement) + que pasa (what's happening)
Enigmissive
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: eh-NIG-miss-ive
Sentence: There was no way to discern who had left the enigmissive on Sarah's voicemail
Etymology: enigma + missive
Voidssage
Created by: Poeiden
Pronunciation: void-ssage
Sentence: Jim had an annoying habit of leaving voidssages on his buddies' phone. This resulted in many of his friends blocking him on their phone lists.
Etymology: void + message
Confussage
Created by: frankenstien
Pronunciation: CONF-you-sag
Sentence: Ack! Another confussage! What part of NAME and NUMBER do they not understand?!
Etymology: Confused + Message.
Blankmail
Created by: reguser
Pronunciation: blankmail
Sentence: I received a blankmail on my work phone, must be one of the agents
Etymology: blank = not filled in, incomplete, missing information. Mail = mail
Nonamail
Created by: cococo
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Today i have received a nonamail!
Etymology: noname + mail
Communivacant
Created by: joelb
Pronunciation: kom-YOU-nah-VAY-kent
Sentence: His communivacant will go unreplied, since I can't identify his voice.
Etymology: communiqué + vacant
Misterygmus
Created by: qcpbraca
Pronunciation: Mi-ste-ry-gmus
Sentence: I got mail message from misterygmus today and I really don't have a clue who could that be.
Etymology: Mistery + Enigma
Dohdialing
Created by: srjones
Pronunciation: dough-dial-ing
Sentence: I checked my messages but it was some doofus dohdialing me.
Etymology: Doh, an exclamation of ignorant regret from Homer of the Simpsons.
Prannoy
Created by: marissa1
Pronunciation: pruh-noy
Sentence: "I got a phonecall from some prannoy, I asked who it is and they said 'me.' Then the dumbass left a message and didn't leave their name!"
Etymology: prank + annoying
Lackofdetmail
Created by: elpres101
Pronunciation: lack-of-deet-mail
Sentence: I've just checked my messages and someone's left me a real lackofdetmail
Etymology: A voiceMAIL with a distinct LACK OF DETAIL
Whosage
Created by: laurabaybee
Pronunciation: hoo-saj
Sentence: Someone left me a whosage today! They are SO annoying!
Etymology: who+message
Missage
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mis/age
Sentence: She is totally frustrated and confused when some one leaves a missage on her voice mail. The missage of course has no name, or number. To help her overcome her frustration she'll leave a missage, or two on a random friend's voice mail.
Etymology: missed message
Incognique
Created by: Heather
Pronunciation: In-COG-nih-kay
Sentence: Sandra listened with growing excitement to the voice-mail response to her singles ad - until she reached the end and realised the caller had left an incognique.
Etymology: Incognito + Communiqué (I couldn't keep the accent on the e, though.)
Phonigma
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: foh-nig-mah
Sentence: Those 5 little words - "It's me. Call me back." presented Jessie with yet another phonigma
Etymology: phone, enigma
Whothuh
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: who-the
Sentence: Whothuhs had used up almost all the space on her answering machine, so when Mr. Right rang all she heard was "Carole, it's me Bob, it would be gre...."
Etymology: Who the heck was that?
Fauxcall
Created by: Lefty
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Hmm, I was tempted to vote for this one, but it's looking a bit... empty. Are you planning on filling out the details? - Heather, 2007-08-30: 18:00:00
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Familirog
Created by: Victoria
Pronunciation: Phonetic
Sentence: He didn't even leave his name or number, what a familirog.
Etymology:
Anonamail
Created by: sarahsari
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: anona from anonymous, mail from voicemail
