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DEFINITION: v. intr. To frustrate oneself by sending emails to someone who cannot receive them, especially when "over quota". n. An emotional response to bounced-back email.

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Deliveryfailuretotalprostration

Created by: jadenguy

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Sentence: "DFTP," he said to his flatmate, "I'll never get a message to her before she leaves for the airport. Arianna, WHY???"

Etymology: "Delivery Failure Notification" + "Total Prostration"

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COMMENTS:

wow, It's like,like reading a novel... what happens next??!1,LOL Great word and sentence! Grasshopper - grasshopper, 2007-05-30: 11:05:00

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Cyberized

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: si-ber-ized

Sentence: Sickorina was obviously cyberized by her unsuccessful attempts in trying to stalk the former guy she dated one time.

Etymology: Cyber - of, relating to, or characteristic of the culture of computers, information technology, and virtual reality. Ized - Just made up, to show...one who is in the act of crazy overkill messaging.

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Sendstricken

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: send - strik - en

Sentence: When Jeremiah did not receive any of the dozens of emails that Patty send him, she was simply sendstricken.

Etymology: send, stricken

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Daemonstrated

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: dee-mon-stra-ted

Sentence: Marla became more and more daemonstrated by the bounced emails in her inbox. Every one of them said Mailer-daemon@hercompany.com. She wondered if she should contact a priest to exorcise the mysterious, evil entity in her computer who foiled her attempts to contact the cute guy in shipping.

Etymology: daemon: a mail server program that runs in the background; maildaemon@___.com is the message one gets when an email is bounced for some reason such as an incorrect address or a domain is on a blacklist(term comes from Greek Mythology meaning a Guardian Spirit) + frustrated: having one's plans foiled + demonstrated: incapable of being disputed

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Jerkmail

hooterbug

Created by: hooterbug

Pronunciation: jûrk meyl

Sentence: Brian was ecstatic that his new Jerkmail filter was working correctly after dumping his E-Stalker girlfriend Susan

Etymology: Blend of Jerk + Junkmail

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COMMENTS:

ooh - that's a bit harsh - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-24: 14:18:00

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Enailed

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: ee/nayld

Sentence: arrgg - enailed again

Etymology: email + nailed

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Inboxicated

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: in/box/i/cated

Sentence: Jill was sure Marvin had bought some kind of program that would make it look as though his inbox was too full to accept incoming email. She could not pull away however, having become inboxicated with her love for him.

Etymology: derived from intoxicated: Stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol).

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COMMENTS:

funny! - reverb, 2008-07-25: 17:16:00

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Daemonstrate

ohwtepph

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: DEY - mohn - streyt

Sentence: Shirley was daemonstrated after she saw his inbox flooded with rejection e-mails. She died of suffocation when her tears dried up and turned to salt and was stuck in her nostrils because of the radiation her monitor was emitting. I guess daemonstration could really kill you.

Etymology: daemon [mailer daemon] + demonstrate [to show clearly] + frustrate [to have feelings of discouragement] + devastate

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Vexinate

Created by: allie123

Pronunciation: veks - in - eyt

Sentence: Kelly became really vexinated when she realized that all her emails were being rejected

Etymology: VEXINATE - verb - from VEX (infuriate; exasperate) + ate (from communicate)

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Eprostricate

Created by: Paulefinch

Pronunciation: ee-pross-trick-ate

Sentence: Kelly kept eProstricating herself sending more and more emails to her exboyfriend.

Etymology: e+prostrate+subjugate

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-30: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by iwasatripwire. Thank you iwasatripwire! ~ James

iwasatripwire - 2007-05-31: 10:41:00
The drawing kind of looks like me, too!

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-07-24: 00:52:00
http://www.etiquettehell.com/content/eh_main/gen/eh_index.shtml

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-07-24: 17:56:00
I'm going to REDINGUSEND all you verbotomists!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-07-28: 00:02:00
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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-12-11: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by iwasatripwire. Thank you iwasatripwire. ~ James