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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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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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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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Egret
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ēgret
Sentence: Ralph likes living on the edge. When his boss pisses him off will sit down and compose a terse email. He will blast the Mr. Leadbritches with every rude comment he can muster. He then deletes his scorching missive and feels better about himself. Today is different. Today he is full of egret. As he attempted to delete his email he accidentally clicked on send. He wonders where he will be working after the boss arrives and reads his email.
Etymology: email (messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network) + regret (feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over something that has happened or been done)
Undobeasness
Created by: frankierio
Pronunciation: un-do bee-s-ness
Sentence: Jake suddenly reliezed that the sexy letter he just sent was also emailed to his boss, which left him with a feeling of undobeasness.
Etymology:
Awcrappity
Created by: ReputedTart
Pronunciation: aw-krap-uh-tee
Sentence: One keystroke to the wrong person was all it took for my entire body to be paralized by awcrappity and my darkest secret to be known to the entire world.
Etymology: Aw crap!
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).
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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Eregretmail
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ee ree gret mayle
Sentence: Not again, Phil thought. He had sent another eregretmail last night and just realized it when he signed on this morning. They should have designated e-mailers when you were too stupified to know what you were doing...it could well save lives, jobs and relationships! SOmetimes using the recall button worked, but most times it was too late. How does one unsay a word, unwrite a stupid thought and/or unaccuse your girlfriend of infidelity??? Yes, at the very least there should be a 24 hour delay button, which would allow you to think twice about what you are sending out, once you sobered up and/or calmed down! Yes, computers were just too e-motional!!
Etymology: e (referring to electronic or computer activity)& regret (feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about) & e-mail ((computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in. Note I had thought e-gretmail, but people would wonder how a tall white bird from the tropical areas could put bad thoughts on its computer!
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COMMENTS:
That's what we need! A BUFFOON BUFFER! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 02:28:00
I get hate mail from birds ALL the time. It's not so far fletched. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-30: 02:29:00
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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)
Ohnote
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: oh-note
Sentence: After Mike sent the eekmail to his boss, he was overcome with ohnote when he realized he had spelled Mr. Whittier's name with an "S" instead of a "W".
Etymology: oh no! note
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-05: 16:52:00
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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