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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
Compulsotype
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Com-pul-so-type
Sentence: Tony Twitterbug would rather compulsotype to ask Netty Texti to go out with him to have coffee.
Etymology: Compulso slang for "Compulsion"; an irresistible persistent impulse to perform an act. Type; a person or thing.
Eddiction
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ee-dik-shuhn
Sentence: Ronnie's eddiction is so bad that he has to email himself reminders to eat meals or shower. He even bought a waterproof housing for his phone so he won't miss any incoming texts.
Etymology: e (electronic) + addiction (the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma)
Obsessamessage
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Did you get my message? Stop obsessamessage-ing it.
Etymology: obsessive messageing
Elecbonics
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ee-lec-bon-ix
Sentence: Bob had an addydiction and spoke only in elecbonics, so by the time he could e-mail his coworkers that he "did believe he was experiencing an acute myocardial infarction," it was too late.
Etymology: electronic, ebonics
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COMMENTS:
it actually sounds like a malady - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-06: 10:17:00
Hmmmm.... let me see if I can change it. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-06: 11:29:00
that's a good word too - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-06: 13:41:00
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Laptoplove
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: lap/top/luv
Sentence: Laptoplove is a marriage made in cyber space
Etymology: lap top + love
Machooked
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: mac + hooked
Sentence: They were so machooked that they would chat on and on without ever saying a word to each other, despite being in the same room.
Etymology: You've heard of a Macbook, right? Right.
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)
Portality
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: por tal itee
Sentence: Sedgewick just knew that only working on a computer with no fresh air, exercise or proper nutrition would eventually lead to his portality. Inez knew it too, but she faithfully stayed by his side, day after day, exchanging texts and e-mails, knowing that their love was doomed...like Sympatiromeo and Yahooliet.
Etymology: Portal (a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet) & Mortality (the quality or state of being mortal;susceptibility to death)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Antimus.
Thank you Antimus! ~ James
Osomatic - 2007-03-09: 17:48:00
You know what's creepy that I didn't notice before now? The guy in this cartoon kinda looks like me.
Osomatic - 2007-03-09: 17:48:00
Kinda.
Today's definition was suggested by Antimus. Thank you Antimus. ~ James
Glad to see that everyone is talking with their fingers! Jasper Fforde certainly does it. And I was at a talk last night by August de los Reyes, creative director at Microsoft Surface, where they are designing a touch interface for the next generation computers. He says we are moving closer and closer to immateriality. I think that means fiction is becoming reality. That's we need people like Thursday Next -- Special Operatives in Jurisfiction -- to keep the story straight. ~ James