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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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Confussage
Created by: frankenstien
Pronunciation: CONF-you-sag
Sentence: Ack! Another confussage! What part of NAME and NUMBER do they not understand?!
Etymology: Confused + Message.
Nonamail
Created by: cococo
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Today i have received a nonamail!
Etymology: noname + mail
Ghostmail
Created by: vmaxx
Pronunciation: um... [gohst]-[meyl]
Sentence: I specifically ask for callers to leave their name and phone number on my message to avoid ghostmail, but you know what, people just ignore it and assume I'm going to recognize a 1-second "hey, it's me!, give me a shout!" message. duh.
Etymology: um ghost + mail ;-)
Whothuh
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: who-the
Sentence: Whothuhs had used up almost all the space on her answering machine, so when Mr. Right rang all she heard was "Carole, it's me Bob, it would be gre...."
Etymology: Who the heck was that?
Communiquepasa
Created by: torpid
Pronunciation: kuh-myoo-ni-key-pah-suh
Sentence: Joan had no idea who left the cryptic communiquepasa, "Call me" in her voicemail, but was able to determine that it was John by the fact that no one else liked her.
Etymology: Communique (offical announcement) + que pasa (what's happening)
Mettage
Created by: Duff333
Pronunciation: met - tage
Sentence: Ugh, this guy keeps leaving me the same stupid mettage!
Etymology:
Smeemail
Created by: caffreyc
Pronunciation: tsmee-mail
Sentence: I got another smeemail today - I guess I know too many smees.
Etymology: "It's me" + mail
Communivacant
Created by: joelb
Pronunciation: kom-YOU-nah-VAY-kent
Sentence: His communivacant will go unreplied, since I can't identify his voice.
Etymology: communiqué + vacant