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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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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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Emailsculated
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ee/mas/cu/lay/ted
Sentence: Dick felt totally emailsculated when his email slipped out of his control and drifted silently into cyberspace.
Etymology: email + emasculated
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COMMENTS:
Great word!! - libertybelle, 2007-12-05: 14:31:00
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-05: 16:16:00
Hehe, you said Dick! - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-05: 18:07:00
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Undobeasness
Created by: frankierio
Pronunciation: un-do bee-s-ness
Sentence: Jake suddenly reliezed that the sexy letter he just sent was also emailed to his boss, which left him with a feeling of undobeasness.
Etymology:
Egret
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ēgret
Sentence: Ralph likes living on the edge. When his boss pisses him off will sit down and compose a terse email. He will blast the Mr. Leadbritches with every rude comment he can muster. He then deletes his scorching missive and feels better about himself. Today is different. Today he is full of egret. As he attempted to delete his email he accidentally clicked on send. He wonders where he will be working after the boss arrives and reads his email.
Etymology: email (messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network) + regret (feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over something that has happened or been done)
Bemail
Created by: blacklotus90
Pronunciation: bee-male
Sentence: John hung his head, bemailing the fact that he had just cc'ed his entire office on his reply to a male enhancement ad.
Etymology: bewail- to express deep sorrow for; lament Email- An electronic message
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COMMENTS:
VERY funny. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 02:27:00
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Emorse
Created by: teriaki
Pronunciation: EE-mawrs Alternate Spelling: e-morse
Sentence: Dave felt the sudden, unmistakable sense of e-morse when he realized that he had accidently sent his boss an extremely embarrassing e-mail.
Etymology: e- (electronic) + Eng. remorse
Emailsculated
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ee/male/skew/lay/ted
Sentence: Richard felt totally emailsculated when his email prematurely slipped out of his control and drifted silently into cyberspace.
Etymology: email + emasculated
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COMMENTS:
Ouch...that had to hurt. - Mustang, 2008-10-29: 06:47:00
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Blundermail
Created by: gchodorow
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I forgot to send the attachment again. Arghh! Another blundermail........
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
a good, apt word, and no double entendres. - CEE1ESS, 2007-12-05: 12:39:00
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-05: 16:02:00
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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