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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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Cybergravate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SYE - ber - gruh - vayt
Sentence: Lucinda continued to cybergravte herself daily by sending countless numbers of emails to her friends long after they had taken up text messaging for their personal communications.
Etymology: Blend of 'cyber' and 'aggravate'.
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COMMENTS:
nice blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-24: 14:14:00
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Egloomerang
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: ee-GLOOM-uhr-rang
Sentence: Alex got hit with an egloomerang when his girlfriend who "supposedly" couldn't read his e-mail refused to respond to his request to meet at the malt shop.
Etymology: e-mail + gloom + boomerang
Emailancholy
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: EE MAYL en kah lee
Sentence: Rachel and Theo usually conducted their long-distance romance via e-mail. But Rachel hadn't heard from Theo in several days. All she received were bounce-back messages. Soon dread and emailancholy set in. Only days later did she learn that Theo had been on a business trip and his personal e-mail box had become full. In fact, as it happened, it was full of HER messages because he lovingly saved every single thing she sent him.
Etymology: e-mail + melancholy
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COMMENTS:
brilliant - galwaywegian, 2009-12-11: 10:07:00
awww...e-xecellent! - Nosila, 2009-12-11: 23:05:00
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Daemonstrate
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: DEY - mohn - streyt
Sentence: Shirley was daemonstrated after she saw his inbox flooded with rejection e-mails. She died of suffocation when her tears dried up and turned to salt and was stuck in her nostrils because of the radiation her monitor was emitting. I guess daemonstration could really kill you.
Etymology: daemon [mailer daemon] + demonstrate [to show clearly] + frustrate [to have feelings of discouragement] + devastate
Deliveryfailuretotalprostration
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "DFTP," he said to his flatmate, "I'll never get a message to her before she leaves for the airport. Arianna, WHY???"
Etymology: "Delivery Failure Notification" + "Total Prostration"
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COMMENTS:
wow, It's like,like reading a novel... what happens next??!1,LOL Great word and sentence! Grasshopper - grasshopper, 2007-05-30: 11:05:00
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Jerkmail
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: jûrk meyl
Sentence: Brian was ecstatic that his new Jerkmail filter was working correctly after dumping his E-Stalker girlfriend Susan
Etymology: Blend of Jerk + Junkmail
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COMMENTS:
ooh - that's a bit harsh - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-24: 14:18:00
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Redingusend
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.
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
Comments:
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!
http://www.etiquettehell.com/content/eh_main/gen/eh_index.shtml
I'm going to REDINGUSEND all you verbotomists!
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