Verboticism: Missemail
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.
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Eslip
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: e-'slip
Sentence: Kimberly regularly stumbled around the office. "It's an inner-ear thing" she explained, "but I don't let it embarrass me." Yet, she was mortified after her latest e-slip revealed to the entire office her love of spanx.
Etymology: e (electronic as in e-mail) + slip (error)
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COMMENTS:
E-xellent word - Nosila, 2010-03-26: 11:42:00
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Mailohnosis
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: may-l-oh-know-sis
Sentence: Not realizing that chardonnay and email don't mix, Cassidy told her boss how she really felt about him, only to have a moment of mailohnosis once she hit the send key, realizing that'd he'd actually read her belittling rant about him.
Etymology: mail + oh no + sis - i wonder if i can make every word this week end in -osis.
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COMMENTS:
I think this word has great symbiosis. - Tigger, 2007-12-05: 16:34:00
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Irretractemail
Created by: Korinne
Pronunciation: Ear-retract-e-male
Sentence: Lafonda knew the moment she pressed the send message button, that she'd spelled Virgina wrong. She knew she'd committed an irretractemail, and now her Grandmother will think she's going down on a trip to Vagina.
Etymology: Irreplacable + Retract + Email
Remorsecode
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After realizing that the racy e-mail meant for his pal Fred just went out to the entire office, including his boss, Marco was overwhelmed by a feeling of remorsecode.
Etymology:
Clicko
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈklɪkoʊ/
Sentence: In a world of address books, buddy lists, document templates, and one-click shopping, the repercussions of a clicko can be disastrous.
Etymology: like a typo, only with clicking instead of typing.
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COMMENTS:
Very clever! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-05: 16:04:00
This is a test. This is only a test. - ErWenn, 2008-02-05: 10:07:00
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Awcrappity
Created by: ReputedTart
Pronunciation: aw-krap-uh-tee
Sentence: One keystroke to the wrong person was all it took for my entire body to be paralized by awcrappity and my darkest secret to be known to the entire world.
Etymology: Aw crap!
Undoblues
Created by: Buzzardbilly
Pronunciation: ən-ˈdü-blüz
Sentence: No undo! No undo! Oh, crap and criminy, struck by the undoblues. Why can't there be undo for everything?
Etymology: undo + blues
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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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