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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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Simbiotic
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: SIM-bi-o-tic
Sentence: Mat and Tracey had a simbiotic relationship that was made stronger by the fact that neither had to face the other.
Etymology: a perversion of symbiotic that incorporates IM (Instant Message)
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)
Ediction
Created by: jackalterman
Pronunciation: ee-dik-shun
Sentence: Harold's overwhelming ediction contributed to the downfall of his intra-personal communication, and ultimately, his family life.
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Blackburied
Created by: faithlessphil
Pronunciation: blak-buh-reed
Sentence: Jack could have just told Mary about the party in person, but years of texting have made him too blackburied.
Etymology: Blackberry + buried
Socialelectrono
Created by: pinkpearls94
Pronunciation: social-electrouno
Sentence:
Etymology:
Imdependency
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: IM-dependency
Sentence: Bill's impediment to social interaction was his imdependency. It got so bad that even when he locked away his laptop, he kept throwing LOLs and BTWs into the conversation.
Etymology: IM (instant messaging) + dependency
Epistuposis
Created by: AetasSerenus
Pronunciation: epi-stu-posis
Sentence: A friend of mine has developed a bad case of epistuposis, I haven't spoke face to face with her for over a month
Etymology: From the latin words epístula and pósitus, meaning e-mail and addict
Spamoholics
Created by: jpmikkers
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: People that are addicted to making and reading useless mails.
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 :)