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DEFINITION: n. A message, which does not include a name, a number, or any other relevant information which could be used to identify the caller. v. To leave a message without identifying yourself.
Verboticisms
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Inblognito
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: in/blog/nee/toe
Sentence: My most promising and interesting messages I ever receive usually come inblognito. I can never follow up, or act on them. So to get even and relieve my frustration, I randomly leave one of my friends an inblognito.
Etymology: incognito + blog
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COMMENTS:
Nice to see that you are spreading the joy... Unfortunately they don't let us leave anonymous messages here, so you'll know this message is from me. - wordmeister, 2007-03-07: 01:10:00
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Anonymissive
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: uh-non-uh-mis-iv
Sentence: "Blocked" anonymissives on her cell were giving Tammy a headache.
Etymology: anony + missive 1601, from Gk. anonymos "without a name," from an- "without" + onyma ("m" is retained by use of "missive"), Æolic dialectal form of onoma "name" + 1444, from M.L. missivus "for sending, sent," esp. in littera missiva "letters sent," fro
Callmoflage
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: kall - moe - flaj
Sentence: It looked like a phone call, it looked like a message. Wait; it was a callmoflage because Monica could not tell who it was from. The identity of the caller remained hidden inside the message and could not be identified.
Etymology: call, camoflage (hide by closely resembling the natural environment)
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COMMENTS:
The callmoflage before the storm...good word! - Nosila, 2009-09-25: 00:31:00
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Anonidiot
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Some anonidiot left me a message with no name.
Etymology: Anonymous + idiot
Anonymail
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: An-non-nee-male
Sentence: Jill got so many anonymails that she eventually learnt to identify her friends by the length of their pausing between words.
Etymology: Anonymous + mail
Fromwhonication
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: from who nik kay shun
Sentence: Gisele hated the fact that all her 14 year old girlfriends left her messages, but she could not figure out who had sent them. She called this a fromwhonication and her friends could never figure out why she never called them back.
Etymology: From who? & Communication (the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information)
Anonymessage
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ənänəmesij
Sentence: Joan*s friend Mary is one of those people who lives in her own little world. She will start a conversation in her head 5 minutes before she starts to talk to you. It*s your job to catch up. It*s no wonder that Joan*s voicemail is full of anonymessages from her. By the time the beep sounds, Mary is half done with what she had to say. It*s like coming in late on a movie or TV show, hoping that you can figure out what you*ve missed.
Etymology: anonymous (a person not identified by name) + message (a verbal, written, or recorded communication sent to or left for a recipient who cannot be contacted directly)
Lessage
Created by: emd2k3
Pronunciation: Less-age
Sentence: He left me no name or number, it's a total lessage.
Etymology: Message, Less
Voinymess
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation:
Sentence: another voinymess... oh really.
Etymology: voice + privative particule + message
Anonymessage
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: uh-NON-ee-mes-ej
Sentence: Bloody hell! That's the third anonymessage today. Maybe I should just start answering the phone...
Etymology: a message from anonymous
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COMMENTS:
Great one! - BMott, 2007-03-08: 23:55:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James
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