Verboticisms

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

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /bi-weyl'-meyl/

Sentence: Just as Brian accidentally hit the 'send' hotkey on an e-mail addressed to his entire department, he realized that he'd misspelled the name of his boss, Mr. Schmit, leaving out a couple of letters — a most unfortunate typo — and felt that gut-sinking feeling of bewailmail. He was afraid he'd just made an unemployedian slip.

Etymology: bewail - to cry over; lament (from Middle English, biwailen - "become tormented") + [e]mail - correspondence (Old High German, malaha - "wallet, bag")

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-05: 15:09:00

Enjoyed the sentence and the word - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-05: 16:01:00

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Created by: klsbsw1

Pronunciation: slip-tide-ism

Sentence: While reaching for his coffee Max was surprised by his boss entering his cube and accidentally bumped the send key forwarding his email to the entire office.

Etymology: n

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Created by: LotusB

Pronunciation: Re-CALL-a-gast

Sentence:

Etymology: Recall (act of un-sending an email) + Aghast (anxoiusness) = Recallaghast

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Created by: kimmer61

Pronunciation:

Sentence: "I really screwed up today when I accidentally sent a disremailage to my mom."

Etymology:

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Created by: blacklotus90

Pronunciation: bee-male

Sentence: John hung his head, bemailing the fact that he had just cc'ed his entire office on his reply to a male enhancement ad.

Etymology: bewail- to express deep sorrow for; lament Email- An electronic message

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COMMENTS:

VERY funny. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 02:27:00

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: oops-ee-mail

Sentence: Jim sent an oopsiemail to his supervvisor and coworkers while composing a message to a match on eHarmony. It wasn't bad enough that he was caught using the company computer for personal use, but now everyone would know that he was using a dating service to find a girlfriend.

Etymology: oops(ie): an exclamation to express acknowledgement of a screw-up or mistake + email

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ēgənē

Sentence: Dwight was in egony. He and all of the managers in his division had received the e-memo from the big boss. He had meant his commentary about the stupidity of this newest scheme to go to a fellow manager who shared his views but realized as he hit send that he had accidentally clicked "reply all". Not only would this get back to the boss but his detractors amongst the managers would have the evidence of the source of his career implosion.

Etymology: e-mail (messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network) + agony (extreme physical or mental suffering)

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Created by: Ransom

Pronunciation: ee-MAYL-an-kahl-ee

Sentence: Jocelyn was filled with emailancholy after she accidentally sent a message riddled with comma splices.

Etymology: email + melancholy

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COMMENTS:

Awesome! - Tesher, 2007-12-05: 09:22:00

I like it! - Mustang, 2007-12-05: 17:12:00

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Created by: biffbig1

Pronunciation: long e, repeated for a while, then mail

Sentence: As I hit the delete button repeatedly and hoped I did not send it, I screamed, "I am such an idiot, why do I Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemail!!!"

Etymology: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee a sound that means "oh no!"+ mail

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COMMENTS:

you wordsmith! - bzav1, 2007-12-05: 00:35:00

simple but effective! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-05: 07:50:00

I like it! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-05: 16:05:00

Nice! - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-05: 18:06:00

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