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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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Clicksick

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: click - sick

Sentence: A few seconds after Ellen sent the email that she thought she had forwarded to her friend, she felt clicksick. Instead of forwarding her boss's email with her barbed comments and description of his many shortcomings, she had "replied" to her boss instead.

Etymology: A combination of the word "click" and "sick" with just a dose of the word "heartsick".

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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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Bemail

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:

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

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Eslip

thegoatisbad

Created by: thegoatisbad

Pronunciation: e-'slip

Sentence: Kimberly regularly stumbled around the office. "It's an inner-ear thing" she explained, "but I don't let it embarrass me." Yet, she was mortified after her latest e-slip revealed to the entire office her love of spanx.

Etymology: e (electronic as in e-mail) + slip (error)

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COMMENTS:

E-xellent word - Nosila, 2010-03-26: 11:42:00

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Zingerflipper

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: Zingerflipper: Zing-her-flip-her

Sentence: Oh, no! Blasted zingerflipper sent that email out half written!

Etymology: A zinger commonly refers to a mistake. Flipper is a combination of flip and finger to mean a slip of the finger. Thus zingerflipper means sending an email with mistakes or mistakenly ... by a mistaken flip of the finger!

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COMMENTS:

Please be kind ... this is my first time playing verbotomy. - silveryaspen, 2007-12-05: 14:11:00

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Ruesent

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: rue + sent

Sentence: I deeply, deeply ruesent having forwarded the profanity-laced rant to every single person in my company, including the CEO.

Etymology: It's sort of like resent, only with the idea of rueing what one has sent.

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Emailsculated

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ee/mas/cu/lay/ted

Sentence: Dick felt totally emailsculated when his email slipped out of his control and drifted silently into cyberspace.

Etymology: email + emasculated

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COMMENTS:

libertybelle Great word!! - libertybelle, 2007-12-05: 14:31:00

Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-05: 16:16:00

Hehe, you said Dick! - purpleartichokes, 2007-12-05: 18:07:00

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Emalified

Created by: AetherSeed

Pronunciation: Ee-mahl-if-eyed

Sentence: When John accidentally sent pictures of the broken drain pipes in his house to his boss rather than his plumber via email, he was utterly emalified.

Etymology: A mix of 'email' and 'mal' (from 'malus', bad in Latin).

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Ohnoness

CEE1ESS

Created by: CEE1ESS

Pronunciation: oh-no-ness

Sentence: A great feeling of ohnoness overcame him as he realized he had sent a flame mail to his boss.

Etymology: noun: from the idea of an "oh-no" moment, when you hit delete...and didn't mean to...

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Worldwidewhoops

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Wirl-d-wy-d-woops

Sentence: After a really bad day at the office, when his boss had not been off his back all day, Jack decided to finally open the bottle of whisky his mum had given him for his birthday back in July. Before long the bottle was half empty and he thought (in his drunken haze) that it would be a great idea to email his boss and tell him exactly what he thought of him. However the moment he clicked the send button he suddenly realised what a worldwidewhoops he had made and immediately started to write out his resignation ready to put on his desk first thing in the morning!

Etymology: See Worldwideweb

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COMMENTS:

zxvasdf wwwhoops! - zxvasdf, 2008-10-29: 09:03:00

metrohumanx Hahahahaha....there should be a whiskey-interlock device on PCs...it'd be MUCH more useful than spell-check. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 02:41:00

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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