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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.
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Imoholic
Created by: sevith
Pronunciation: eye-em-oh-HALL-ic
Sentence: My sister Cathy e-mailed me about an e-mail. Clearly an IMoholic
Etymology: IM short for instant message. -Oholic name of the patron saint of Oxycontin
Spamoholics
Created by: jpmikkers
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: People that are addicted to making and reading useless mails.
Etardation
Created by: joelb
Pronunciation: e-tard-ay-shun
Sentence: His etardation reached it's pinnacle when he requested a video conference from across the room.
Etymology: e (for electronic, like in e-mail) + retardation
Eddiction
Created by: greystarling
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Man, I gotta cure me of this eddiction, it's getting out of hand - I'm checking my email in my sleep!
Etymology: compound noun from "e" of electronic (eg. email, ebook), and "addiction"
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 :)