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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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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
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:
Sentence:
Etymology: People that are addicted to making and reading useless mails.
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.
Emailosis
Created by: cujoe
Pronunciation: E-mail-o-sis
Sentence: He emailed her when she was 3 feet away! He has a bad case of Emailosis.
Etymology: Combination of Email and psychosis.
Eddicted
Created by: IneffableDawn
Pronunciation: ee-dik-ted
Sentence: Bob was so eddicted that his college professor had to email him with a message that said, "Yes, Bob?" When he raised his hand in class.
Etymology: E: From 'e-mail' ddicted: from 'addicted'
Asciphilia
Created by: DrHarvey
Pronunciation: Ass-key-fill-eya
Sentence: I've managed to impress the girl across from me at the library - I think - though our relationship is purely asciphilic.
Etymology: 'Ascii' - form of digital text or code '-philia' - from the Greek 'to love'
Maelresivitus
Created by: h4ste
Pronunciation: mail-receive-itus
Sentence: Son, you've got a bad case of maelresivitus. Even when im just in front of you, you're texting me your replies.
Etymology: mail + recieve + itus
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 :)