Verboticism: Digimute
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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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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Tweetfreak
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: tweet - freek
Sentence: When I met Elijah, I knew there was something different about him. He seemed to be mute. If I asked him a question, he would smile and type. By the time I walked away, I had the answer on my Blackberry. Elijah had become a tweetfreak; he had apparantly decided he would rather twitter than talk.
Etymology: tweet (Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets), freak (addict: someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction)
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
Implusiveemailing
Created by: gamurray121
Pronunciation: Impulsive-email-ing
Sentence:
Etymology:
Texican
Created by: tommyboy
Pronunciation: teks-eh-ken
Sentence: her over-dependency on facebook practically grants her texican citizenship.
Etymology: hmm
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COMMENTS:
Bueno! - Nosila, 2009-09-24: 01:32:00
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Emittle
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: e-mit-tel
Sentence: I started to emittle a little, then I started to emittle a lot. My girlfriend doesn't like much...
Etymology: emit+email
Eyembrainosis
Created by: bettyann9
Pronunciation: Eye-em-brane-ose-is
Sentence: Overuse of Yahoo messenger can lead to severe eyembrainosis. The only known treatment is removal from the computer area and forced conversation with strangers in line at the supermarket.
Etymology: IM (instant messaging)+ brain (brain) + osis (a diseased or abnormal condition)
Botitis
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: bot/i/tis
Sentence: BOTitis, (better known as a digital disconnect between the brain and the fingers), may be responsible for her clueless condition; on the other hand, he had to admit that maybe he wasn't al2gethR there either.
Etymology: BOT: text messaging acronym meaning "Back On Track" + itis (indicating a disorder or disease)
Asciimania
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: ass-kee-may-nee-ya
Sentence: "Doug just emailed his dog explaining that he couldn't get the usual chow. I think he has asciimania."
Etymology: ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), the text encoding system used in computers and communication; + mania
