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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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Nonnystalk
Created by: felixpol
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Sally keeps getting creepy nonnystalk calls. You know the kind - heavy breathing, short laugh, and I know what you did last summer. Weird.
Etymology: Nonny short for Anonymous. Stalk for stalkers.
Guessage
Created by: faithlessphil
Pronunciation: geh-sej
Sentence: Jim was so egotistical that he always assumed that his friends would recognize his voice, so he would always just leave guessages. Jim's friends don't really like him.
Etymology: Guess (because you have to guess) + sage from "Message"
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COMMENTS:
Nice combination of words - Poeiden, 2007-08-30: 07:22:00
you beat me to it! >:) - joelb, 2007-08-30: 20:50:00
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Quessage
Created by: DrHarvey
Pronunciation: Kwes-adge
Sentence: I received a quessage from one of the consultant surgeons regarding an urgent USS doppler study. They didn't leave the patient's details, or even their own!
Etymology: 'Question' - noun, a sentence implying the need for a response 'Message' - noun, relay of information
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?
Casper
Created by: FreeToys
Pronunciation: cas' - per
Sentence: I have no idea who left that Casper?
Etymology: message by friendly/unknown entity, as in the cartoon ghost
Familirog
Created by: Victoria
Pronunciation: Phonetic
Sentence: He didn't even leave his name or number, what a familirog.
Etymology:
Enigmissive
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: eh-NIG-miss-ive
Sentence: There was no way to discern who had left the enigmissive on Sarah's voicemail
Etymology: enigma + missive
Unrememessage
Created by: cujoe
Pronunciation: Un-ree-mehm-mehs-ehge
Sentence: Who is that? This is a total unrememessage.
Etymology: A combination of unrememberable and message.
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)
