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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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Tofin
Created by: icefoxgothic
Pronunciation: To-fing
Sentence: I tofin so badly I type: af he aket rather than at the market.
Etymology: none
Calamiteemail
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: kal am it ee mail
Sentence: My calamiteemail inadvertantly shared intimate details of my love life and all that entails with Gramma, my boss, Gladys from my bowling team, and Jim down in the warehouse.
Etymology: calamity + email
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COMMENTS:
brilliant! you have captured the essence of the definition - biffbig1, 2007-12-05: 00:33:00
Very clever! - Mustang, 2007-12-05: 07:50:00
Luv the sentence; good word too! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-05: 16:03:00
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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:
wwwhoops! - zxvasdf, 2008-10-29: 09:03:00
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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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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Mailohnosis
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: may-l-oh-know-sis
Sentence: Not realizing that chardonnay and email don't mix, Cassidy told her boss how she really felt about him, only to have a moment of mailohnosis once she hit the send key, realizing that'd he'd actually read her belittling rant about him.
Etymology: mail + oh no + sis - i wonder if i can make every word this week end in -osis.
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COMMENTS:
I think this word has great symbiosis. - Tigger, 2007-12-05: 16:34:00
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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
Moroncom
Created by: MichaelCampbellUK
Pronunciation: mo-ruh-n-com
Sentence: "I'm such an ediot" he bemoaned having once again committed moroncom!
Etymology: Moron + com(munication)
Cybergasp
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: cy-ber-gasp
Sentence: Jeffery let out an enormous cybergasp when he hit 'all reply.' The naked pictures from the office party weren't supposed to go to his boss...
Etymology: cyber (internet land) gasp (intake of breath in horror)
Egony
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)
Recallaghast
Created by: LotusB
Pronunciation: Re-CALL-a-gast
Sentence:
Etymology: Recall (act of un-sending an email) + Aghast (anxoiusness) = Recallaghast
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