Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: n., A feeling of regret and helplessness, which occurs once you realize that you have just sent out an erroneous email (i.e. one full of stupid mistakes). v., To send out an email and wish you hadn't.
Verboticisms
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Errmail
Created by: psi4got
Pronunciation: rrrrrr mail
Sentence: As Bob closed the lid of his laptop he saw the sent confirmation flash on the screen. His face drained of blood and the errmail of his ways hit him fully in the chest. He hadn't noticed when his address book suggested the wrong name. His flaming email about his manager, instead of going to his friend Jim Goodguy, had gone to his boss James 'Jim' Hangnail. Before he took two steps out of his office his phone rang. To errmail is human but to undo would be divine.
Etymology: err: error. Also a sound in this case - "rrrrrr" mail - Referring, in this case, to the act of emailing.
Drepresssend
Created by: jack189
Pronunciation: Depress-send
Sentence: As John sat typing bad things about people to vent his feelings his dog bit his leg causing his hand to press hard on the keyboard hitting "send to all" he was immediatley hit with a feeling of depresssend, for sending out such mean things
Etymology: Depress(sad)+ send(to disperse out, such as an email)
Disremailage
Created by: kimmer61
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "I really screwed up today when I accidentally sent a disremailage to my mom."
Etymology:
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemail
Created by: biffbig1
Pronunciation: long e, repeated for a while, then mail
Sentence: As I hit the delete button repeatedly and hoped I did not send it, I screamed, "I am such an idiot, why do I Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemail!!!"
Etymology: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee a sound that means "oh no!"+ mail
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COMMENTS:
you wordsmith! - bzav1, 2007-12-05: 00:35:00
simple but effective! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-05: 07:50:00
I like it! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-05: 16:05:00
Nice! - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-05: 18:06:00
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Ecringe
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: EEEE-cringe.....(E-cringed, EEK-cringe)
Sentence: FastEddie recoiled in horror when he hastily hit the ENTER key instead of the BACKSPACE, and sent out a passionate love note to the Dean of Humanities instead of his beloved english professor. FastEddie could only E-CRINGE at his witless error and bang his head on the touchpad. He recouldn't e-cant,e-tract, e-verse or even e-pent now. His comments about his professor's crimson garter belt were surging through the information highway, and he could only e-coil at his own stupidity. FastEddie E-CRINGED yet again when he realized that a virus had forwarded it everyone in his address book, too. A POX upon Microsoft Outlook and the devils who spawned it!
Etymology: E(as in e-mail)+CRINGE=E-CRINGE.....cringe: to draw in or contract one's muscles involuntarily (as from cold, pain or humiliation),to shrink in fear ; Middle English crengen; akin to Old English cringan to yield, Middle High German krank weak.
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COMMENTS:
Yes, e-venge is a dish best served cold! - Nosila, 2008-10-29: 01:19:00
RATS! How could I miss that one?
I'll have to e-view more carefully in the future.... - metrohumanx, 2008-10-29: 01:48:00
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Clickintheass
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: click-in-thee-ass
Sentence: Luke didn't know what possessed him to Google and then email not one, but several of his former girlfriends. Maybe it was the rum. Regardless, he came to regret his clickintheass when we woke up the next morning and saw several scathing responses that would have been howlers (a la Harry Potter) had the technology existed.
Etymology: Variation on kick in the ass
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COMMENTS:
Hahahaha! - The RUM! - Luke's gonna be one dead poet on the morrow! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-29: 00:43:00
Love it...it clicks ass alright! - Nosila, 2008-10-29: 01:22:00
hehe - galwaywegian, 2008-10-29: 04:34:00
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Emailancholy
Created by: Ransom
Pronunciation: ee-MAYL-an-kahl-ee
Sentence: Jocelyn was filled with emailancholy after she accidentally sent a message riddled with comma splices.
Etymology: email + melancholy
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COMMENTS:
Awesome! - Tesher, 2007-12-05: 09:22:00
I like it! - Mustang, 2007-12-05: 17:12:00
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Egony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ēgənē
Sentence: Dwight was in egony. He and all of the managers in his division had received the e-memo from the big boss. He had meant his commentary about the stupidity of this newest scheme to go to a fellow manager who shared his views but realized as he hit send that he had accidentally clicked "reply all". Not only would this get back to the boss but his detractors amongst the managers would have the evidence of the source of his career implosion.
Etymology: e-mail (messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network) + agony (extreme physical or mental suffering)
Ruesent
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: rue + sent
Sentence: I deeply, deeply ruesent having forwarded the profanity-laced rant to every single person in my company, including the CEO.
Etymology: It's sort of like resent, only with the idea of rueing what one has sent.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Daniel999. Thank you Daniel999~ James
I like your word...
Mustang - 2007-12-05: 01:27:00
Good definition and one most folks can identify with.
Yes! Great idea Daniel999 ~ James
silveryaspen - 2007-12-05: 14:27:00
Blundermail is direct and to the point ... so easily understood ... it doesn't require defining. Good job!
silveryaspen - 2007-12-05: 14:30:00
Love calamiteemil! I'm from the wild west in Montana ... so love the pun on Calamity Jane! I even like the way it rolls and clicks across the tongue!
silveryaspen - 2007-12-05: 14:32:00
All of them made me smile ... good job everyone. I wish I could vote for them all!
Thanks for the great feedback silveryaspen. Makes me feel good enough to forget about all my ohnotes and blundermails! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Daniel999. Thank you Daniel999. ~ James