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DEFINITION: A voice mail message, which does not include a name, a number, or any other relevant information which could be used to identify the caller.
Verboticisms
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Anonypistle
Created by: IneffableDawn
Pronunciation: ah-NON-ee-piss-tuhl
Sentence: "Hey, just calling to check in. Call me on my cell when you get this! Bye!" Katherine listened to the message left on her phone, trying in vain to recognize the voice. Who had left this anonypistle?
Etymology: Anon: From 'anonymous' (sorry, horrible spelling) Pistle: 'piss' as in 'pissed off', since these messages irk many, and pistle comes from 'epistle', meaning message.
Nonnystalk
Created by: felixpol
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Sally keeps getting creepy nonnystalk calls. You know the kind - heavy breathing, short laugh, and I know what you did last summer. Weird.
Etymology: Nonny short for Anonymous. Stalk for stalkers.
Missage
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mis/age
Sentence: She is totally frustrated and confused when some one leaves a missage on her voice mail. The missage of course has no name, or number. To help her overcome her frustration she'll leave a missage, or two on a random friend's voice mail.
Etymology: missed message
Anonycall
Created by: earljw
Pronunciation: a-non'-i-cal
Sentence: Damn! Someone left me another anonycall. How can I managed all these girlfriends?
Etymology: anonymous + phone call
Incognique
Created by: Heather
Pronunciation: In-COG-nih-kay
Sentence: Sandra listened with growing excitement to the voice-mail response to her singles ad - until she reached the end and realised the caller had left an incognique.
Etymology: Incognito + Communiqué (I couldn't keep the accent on the e, though.)
Whoteheck
Created by: teh8thdeadlysin
Pronunciation: Who-ta-heck
Sentence: After giving out my phone number to a bunch of people at camp, my phone was full of whotehecks.
Etymology: who- from the word who, teh- as in hacker speack from mispelling the, and heck as in heck.
Prannoy
Created by: marissa1
Pronunciation: pruh-noy
Sentence: "I got a phonecall from some prannoy, I asked who it is and they said 'me.' Then the dumbass left a message and didn't leave their name!"
Etymology: prank + annoying
Mysterme
Created by: Nicked
Pronunciation: MIS'-ter-me
Sentence: Tongue-tied was one thing, but brain-tied was another, she thought as she listened to yet another MysterME message asking for her to return the call.
Etymology: Myster from mystery and Mister + me from "It's me!" Alternative: MEsterious, MEntal
Anonymail
Created by: shiftysquid
Pronunciation: A-non-i-male
Sentence: I got an anonymail from some random dude today.
Etymology: Anonymous + mail
