Verboticism: Aimpulsion
DEFINITION: n. A psychological dependency on electronic messaging which often leads to compulsive emailing, even among people who are sitting inches apart. v. To email, twitter, or text compulsively.
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Emation
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: ee-ma-shon
Sentence: Well, you have to become part of the office culture, of course, if you want to achieve emation
Etymology: e = (abbr) electronic mail. mation = the process of making friends
Laptoplove
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: lap/top/luv
Sentence: Laptoplove is a marriage made in cyber space
Etymology: lap top + love
Fanatitexting
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fənatitekstng
Sentence: William’s mother is glad she took the protection plan when she bought his phone. He has worn out numerous models fanatitexting his friends for hours at a time. He usually wears the printed letters off of the keypad shortly before the overheated electronics literally blow up.
Etymology: fanatic (a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal) + texting (an electronic communication sent and received by cellular phone)
Imaholic
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: Im-aholic
Sentence: Her boyfriend was in the chair three feet away, but rather than talk, she sent IM's. He responded via IM, "Your an Imaholic!"
Etymology: IM: short for instant messaging. -- holic: from Alcoholic, indicating dependency.
Cybereliance
Created by: iwasatripwire
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I don't mind my cybereliance--it means I don't have to hear my roommate's voice anymore.
Etymology: cyber + reliance (duh)
Obsessemail
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: ahb-SEHS-e-male
Sentence: Between Rhonda's chipped fingernails and Bret's carpal tunnel, you'd think they'd start arguing in person, and give up the obsessemail war. After all, they share an efficiency apartment.
Etymology: obsess + email
Enemoured
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: en.ee.muhrd
Sentence: He hasn't left his desk for days - probably has a new girl e-friend. He seems completely enemoured.
Etymology: enamored + e-anything
Needee
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: need/ee
Sentence: The pair was so needee that they both continued to email after several bouts of carpal tunnel surgery
Etymology: Need (addiction) + e (email)
Dotcompulsive
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: dot-com-poll-siv
Sentence: when he realised that pressing send/receive had become the most exciting part of his day, he knew he was dotcompulsive
Etymology: dot com, compulsive
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COMMENTS:
textraordinary! got my vote - galwaywegian, 2007-03-06: 05:10:00
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