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'Aaaaah!!! My finger slipped.'

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.

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Irretractemail

Korinne

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

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Sliptidism

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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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:

metrohumanx 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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Blundermail

gchodorow

Created by: gchodorow

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I forgot to send the attachment again. Arghh! Another blundermail........

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

CEE1ESS a good, apt word, and no double entendres. - CEE1ESS, 2007-12-05: 12:39:00

Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-05: 16:02:00

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Horrespondence

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: hawr-uh-SPON-duhns

Sentence: Horrespondence struck Bob like a lightning bolt a nano-second after he realized that his opinion of his boss, " I couldn't warm to him even if we were cremated together," meant only for Roxie's eyes to see, had -inadvertently - been emailed by him to his boss!

Etymology: Blend of HORROR: used as an expression of dismay, embarrasment, fear, panic & disappointment, & DESPONDENCE: labouring under mental depression & CORRESPONDENCE

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COMMENTS:

on a roll! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-05: 07:51:00

Bullseye! "Bob's" simile is hilarious too. - Tigger, 2007-12-05: 16:54:00

Nice one Ozzie! - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-05: 18:10:00

I like it. Very clever. - Nuwanda, 2008-10-29: 10:58:00

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Bunkmail

Created by: IllmaticKD

Pronunciation: Pronounced just as it reads. Bunk'mail. Bunkmail.

Sentence: Damn, I went ahead and sent that girl some bunkmail, my phone number wasn't typed correctly! My boss bunkmailed me today, he spelled the name of the business wrong!

Etymology: noun; Derived from two words. One being the slang-term "bunk" which is a synonym for false or bad quality. The second being e-mail. Also see: Bunkmailed, Bunkmailing, & Bunkmailer.

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Keylosto

Created by: looseball

Pronunciation:

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Etymology:

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Ohbuggerpants

Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: O-bugger-pantz

Sentence: "Ohbuggerpants! Who's f*cking wonderful great clever idea was it to put ENTER and DEL at such close proximity to each other"

Etymology: Oh!: an expression of surprise or feeling sorry about a mistake or slight accident Bugger!: an expression of surprise or feeling sorry about a mistake or slight accident Pants: an expression of surprise or feeling sorry about a mistake or slight accident

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Ecringe

metrohumanx

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

metrohumanx 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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Drepresssend

Created by: jack189

Pronunciation: Depress-send

Sentence: As John sat typing bad things about people to vent his feelings his dog bit his leg causing his hand to press hard on the keyboard hitting "send to all" he was immediatley hit with a feeling of depresssend, for sending out such mean things

Etymology: Depress(sad)+ send(to disperse out, such as an email)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-12-05: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by Daniel999. Thank you Daniel999~ James

Korinne Korinne - 2007-12-05: 01:00:00
I like your word...

Mustang - 2007-12-05: 01:27:00
Good definition and one most folks can identify with.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-12-05: 01:59:00
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!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-12-05: 23:26:00
Thanks for the great feedback silveryaspen. Makes me feel good enough to forget about all my ohnotes and blundermails! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-03-26: 00:07:00
Today's definition was suggested by Daniel999. Thank you Daniel999. ~ James