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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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Ebound
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: e/bound
Sentence: Jenny's e-mails to Joe were ebounded immediately with the message "Delivery Notification - Failure". She was sure it was deliberate and that she was on the ebound.
Etymology: EBOUND - verb - from E-MAIL + REBOUND
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COMMENTS:
Me likey. - lumina, 2008-07-24: 16:07:00
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Thwartmail
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: thwot-mail
Sentence: Sandra was thwartmailed when all 400 recipients' invitations bounced back, sending her own inbox over quota.
Etymology: hotmail (web email service) + thwart (to frustrate)
Masoemailchist
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: mah-so-ee-mail-kist
Sentence: Mabel masoemailchisted herself today one last time before giving Chad the old heave ho.
Etymology: masochist + email
Emotirts
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: e-MO-terts
Sentence: After several of her emails bounced back, Roxie thought that a few emoticons in her text might get a better response. But when she broadcast the following email: ":o, 4col, Im :e tis adih: afiniati (iI) Im sobt u :8)(U=xc) W.B.S A.*
Etymology: Blend of EMOT (as in emoticon); EM: for email & acronym: R.T.S: return to sender.
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COMMENTS:
After several of her emails bounced Roxie thought that a few emoticons in her text might get a better response. But when she broadcast the following email: ":o, 4col, Im :e tis adih: afiniati {iI} Im sobt u :8)[U=xc] W.B.S A.* - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-24: 05:58:00
The last part of my sentence to read: "her emotirts grew rapidly." * Cannot save it in the sentence box???? - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-24: 06:03:00
Think it got through now? Hope so, otherwise Roxie's may have "bounce-back" breakdown. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-24: 06:15:00
I keep wanting to add rig to the beginning of your word which might be appropriate - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-24: 14:16:00
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Pesterlink
Created by: Scattercat
Pronunciation: PEHS-tur-link
Sentence: A long night of pesterlinking her professors, begging for second chances, was followed by crying herself to sleep and a morning of moping in bed.
Etymology: Pestering, as annoying, and link as reminiscent of hypertext connections.
Correspondespondency
Created by: jerschneid
Pronunciation: COR-RE-SPON-DE-SPON-DEN-CY
Sentence: With every bounced email to my ex-girlfriend, my correspondespondency grows.
Etymology: a combination of "correspondence" and "despondency"
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COMMENTS:
excellent word - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-24: 14:20:00
Perfect! - lumina, 2008-07-24: 16:08:00
I like it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-25: 17:43:00
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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
Elecracize
Created by: guesser
Pronunciation: Elec - ra - size
Sentence: Although she felt elecracized, what she didn't know was that her emails were going to the wrong address!
Etymology: Electronic + Ostracize
Daemonstrated
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
Ebound
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ēbound
Sentence: She was on the ebound when she met Gig. All those other addresses had been so rude as to reject her advances but Gig not only had room for her, he welcomed her with an open portal.
Etymology: email (messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network) + rebound (still affected by the emotional distress caused by the ending of a romantic or sexual relationship)
Comments:
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!
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