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DEFINITION: A psychological dependency on electronic messaging which often leads to compulsive emailing, even among people who are sitting inches apart.
Verboticisms
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Freakomailogy
Created by: Poeiden
Pronunciation: free-ko-mai-lo-gy
Sentence: Bob the computer technician suffers from an occupational hazard of freakomailogy.
Etymology: freak + mail +psychoLOGY
Cybersessisyndromic
Created by: logorrhoea
Pronunciation: Si-ber-ses-ee-sin-drom-ik
Sentence: John sends 60 e-mails per hour but he hasn't spoken to any of his colleauges this month. He's been diagnosed by a psychiatrist as cybersessisyndromic.
Etymology: cyber + obsessed + syndrome
Proximailing
Created by: jenorthar
Pronunciation: prox-email-ing
Sentence: Although they were sitting together on the couch, Bob and Jane continued proximailing each other in silence.
Etymology: proximity + emailing
Jerkmailiac
Created by: noztril
Pronunciation: jurk mayl ee ak
Sentence: Sanford is a jerkmailiac
Etymology: jerk + junkmail + insomniac
Eqwertyosis
Created by: apathy42
Pronunciation: E-quer-tee-OH-sis
Sentence: Tim's eqwertyosis led him to develop calluses on his thumbs when he got his Blackjack.
Etymology: E from e-mail, qwerty from the keyboard style, -osis latin root for mental disorder.
Stewhawk
Created by: jadakiss98682
Pronunciation: stew-hawk
Sentence: *Sees two people on their laptops flirting. "get off the laptop and tap that you stewhawk!"
Etymology: stephen hawking was the influence on this one...... considering the fact that the man is scared to speak out of his own mouth :))) i still love you stewie
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COMMENTS:
so creative sooo so much - jadakiss98682, 2007-08-29: 17:01:00
pretty clever - futebollounge, 2007-08-29: 17:03:00
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Digitool
Created by: Ra1111
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The only cure for Digitool Syndrome is to strand the person in the wilderness and if they should make it out alive, send them to live with the Amish.
Etymology: Digital/Tool
Electroximate
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: ee-lehk-TRAHKS-sihm-muht
Sentence: Alex vainly carried on an electroximate relationship with the woman in the next cubicle. He did wonder why she never returned his IMs, though he knew she was at her desk.
Etymology: electronic + proximate (nearby)
Comments:
jadakiss98682 - 2007-08-29: 17:02:00
click on stewhawk and check the etymology of the word. it only makes sense
jadakiss98682 - 2007-08-29: 18:01:00
stewhawk = stephen hawking awesome :)