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DEFINITION: n., A feeling of regret and helplessness, which occurs once you realize that you have just sent out an erroneous email (i.e. one full of stupid mistakes). v., To send out an email and wish you hadn't.
Verboticisms
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Emorse
Created by: zavijava
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Joe suffered from severe emorse when he realized that he had accidentally sent his angry rant about work to his boss, Don, and not his buddy, Dan.
Etymology: email+remorse
Ecringe
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: EEEE-cringe.....(E-cringed, EEK-cringe)
Sentence: FastEddie recoiled in horror when he hastily hit the ENTER key instead of the BACKSPACE, and sent out a passionate love note to the Dean of Humanities instead of his beloved english professor. FastEddie could only E-CRINGE at his witless error and bang his head on the touchpad. He recouldn't e-cant,e-tract, e-verse or even e-pent now. His comments about his professor's crimson garter belt were surging through the information highway, and he could only e-coil at his own stupidity. FastEddie E-CRINGED yet again when he realized that a virus had forwarded it everyone in his address book, too. A POX upon Microsoft Outlook and the devils who spawned it!
Etymology: E(as in e-mail)+CRINGE=E-CRINGE.....cringe: to draw in or contract one's muscles involuntarily (as from cold, pain or humiliation),to shrink in fear ; Middle English crengen; akin to Old English cringan to yield, Middle High German krank weak.
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COMMENTS:
Yes, e-venge is a dish best served cold! - Nosila, 2008-10-29: 01:19:00
RATS! How could I miss that one?
I'll have to e-view more carefully in the future.... - metrohumanx, 2008-10-29: 01:48:00
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Interfret
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: in/ter/fret
Sentence: Having spotted Tiffany's email on Loretta's Blackberry while she got up to get her Latte, Josh made a point to memorize it. Tiffany was the girl of his dreams, though to her he didn't exist. Later that night while on the computer, just to see what it felt like, he put in her email addy and began typing as if they had just spent the most passionate evening together. He got so into it that when done, instead of hitting the X to delete, he hit SEND out of habit! He went into instant interfret, began sweating profusely and decided he would claim it was just an assignment due in his psychology class, and thank Tiffany for helping him with his grade. Her "reaction of disgust" "was just the A" he was "looking for," he said in response to her disgusted email.
Etymology: internet + fret
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COMMENTS:
Very good - TJayzz, 2008-10-29: 04:58:00
Coincidentally, as he was in the throes of his interfret, Tiffany entered the coffee shop, engaged with her Blackberry. Josh's seat became a puddle of sweat. She took him by the arm and walked to the back of the shop, where the restrooms were located, and for the next five minutes strange sounds emanated from that region. - zxvasdf, 2008-10-29: 09:10:00
Multiple chuckles. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 13:47:00
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Clicko
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈklɪkoʊ/
Sentence: In a world of address books, buddy lists, document templates, and one-click shopping, the repercussions of a clicko can be disastrous.
Etymology: like a typo, only with clicking instead of typing.
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COMMENTS:
Very clever! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-05: 16:04:00
This is a test. This is only a test. - ErWenn, 2008-02-05: 10:07:00
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Irretractemail
Created by: Korinne
Pronunciation: Ear-retract-e-male
Sentence: Lafonda knew the moment she pressed the send message button, that she'd spelled Virgina wrong. She knew she'd committed an irretractemail, and now her Grandmother will think she's going down on a trip to Vagina.
Etymology: Irreplacable + Retract + Email
Undobarrassment
Created by: Bullwinkle
Pronunciation: Un-do-bare'ess-ment
Sentence: Sending that E-mail to my entire address book was the height of undobarassment.
Etymology: un-do + embarassed
Missemail
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: mis-ee-meyl
Sentence: She missemailed so many times that her co-workers started calling her "missy-missy-missemail."
Etymology: miss (as in regret) + email
Clickintheass
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: click-in-thee-ass
Sentence: Luke didn't know what possessed him to Google and then email not one, but several of his former girlfriends. Maybe it was the rum. Regardless, he came to regret his clickintheass when we woke up the next morning and saw several scathing responses that would have been howlers (a la Harry Potter) had the technology existed.
Etymology: Variation on kick in the ass
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COMMENTS:
Hahahaha! - The RUM! - Luke's gonna be one dead poet on the morrow! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-29: 00:43:00
Love it...it clicks ass alright! - Nosila, 2008-10-29: 01:22:00
hehe - galwaywegian, 2008-10-29: 04:34:00
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Fleemail
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: flee/male
Sentence: Too late - the fleemail escaped!
Etymology: flee + email
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Daniel999. Thank you Daniel999~ James
I like your word...
Mustang - 2007-12-05: 01:27:00
Good definition and one most folks can identify with.
Yes! Great idea Daniel999 ~ James
silveryaspen - 2007-12-05: 14:27:00
Blundermail is direct and to the point ... so easily understood ... it doesn't require defining. Good job!
silveryaspen - 2007-12-05: 14:30:00
Love calamiteemil! I'm from the wild west in Montana ... so love the pun on Calamity Jane! I even like the way it rolls and clicks across the tongue!
silveryaspen - 2007-12-05: 14:32:00
All of them made me smile ... good job everyone. I wish I could vote for them all!
Thanks for the great feedback silveryaspen. Makes me feel good enough to forget about all my ohnotes and blundermails! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Daniel999. Thank you Daniel999. ~ James