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DEFINITION: v. intr. To frustrate oneself by sending emails to someone who cannot receive them, especially when "over quota". n. An emotional response to bounced-back email.

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Bouncemote

Created by: serendipity9000

Pronunciation: bounce - e - mote

Sentence: I couldn't help myself, every rejected email caused me to bouncemote all over again.

Etymology: bounce (as in a bounced email) + emote (to express emotion, especially in an excessive or theatrical manner)... also has a nice sound play on 'email'

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Pesterlink

Created by: Scattercat

Pronunciation: PEHS-tur-link

Sentence: A long night of pesterlinking her professors, begging for second chances, was followed by crying herself to sleep and a morning of moping in bed.

Etymology: Pestering, as annoying, and link as reminiscent of hypertext connections.

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Ebound

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: e/bound

Sentence: Her emails to Jordan were ebounded immediately with the message "Delivery Notification - Failure". She was sure it was deliberate and that she was on the ebound.

Etymology: e + rebound

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Quotancholy

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈkwoʊdənˌkɑly/

Sentence: The quotancholy overtook me mere hours after she left for work. Why hadn't she cleared out enough room in her inbox for the 29 funny videos that I forwarded her?

Etymology: From quota + melancholy

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Eprostricate

Created by: Paulefinch

Pronunciation: ee-pross-trick-ate

Sentence: Kelly kept eProstricating herself sending more and more emails to her exboyfriend.

Etymology: e+prostrate+subjugate

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Symbla

Created by: RubyWry

Pronunciation:

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Etymology:

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Ebound

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ēbound

Sentence: She was on the ebound when she met Gig. All those other addresses had been so rude as to reject her advances but Gig not only had room for her, he welcomed her with an open portal.

Etymology: email (messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network) + rebound (still affected by the emotional distress caused by the ending of a romantic or sexual relationship)

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Correspondespondency

Created by: jerschneid

Pronunciation: COR-RE-SPON-DE-SPON-DEN-CY

Sentence: With every bounced email to my ex-girlfriend, my correspondespondency grows.

Etymology: a combination of "correspondence" and "despondency"

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COMMENTS:

excellent word - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-24: 14:20:00

Perfect! - lumina, 2008-07-24: 16:08:00

I like it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-25: 17:43:00

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Redingusend

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: REE-DEEN-GUSS-SEND

Sentence: Fran sent so many e-mails to her department head that she forgot what they were about................... "I just can't REDINGUSEND any more!" she cried in frustration. Ultimately, she was reduced to posting a note on his office door: "READ YOUR ****ing E-MAIL ALREADY !" .........reDINGusend................

Etymology: RE+DINGUS+SEND.........................REpeatedly+DINGUS-one whose name is forgotten or unknown+SEND-a futile repetitive cyberage attempt to communicate.

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Sendergasted

Created by: grasshopper

Pronunciation: sin/der/gas/ted

Sentence: I have been flabbergasted but I never thought i would be sindergasted

Etymology: sinder/to send, flabbergasted/dumbfounded or taken aback by something

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-30: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by iwasatripwire. Thank you iwasatripwire! ~ James

iwasatripwire - 2007-05-31: 10:41:00
The drawing kind of looks like me, too!

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-07-24: 00:52:00
http://www.etiquettehell.com/content/eh_main/gen/eh_index.shtml

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-07-24: 17:56:00
I'm going to REDINGUSEND all you verbotomists!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-07-28: 00:02:00
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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-12-11: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by iwasatripwire. Thank you iwasatripwire. ~ James