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: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Errmail: /er mayl/ When Sid sent out that message to all his friends, co-workers and relatives about his boss, it was obviously an errmail. The witty but ascerbic content of his comments was undermined by his spelling and grammar errors, to the point that the message was all but indecipherable. Sid learned that day that if you send out a chablis-mail, you need to follow it with an apology-mail! Etymology: Err (mistake;incorrect) & Mail ( the system whereby messages are transmitted) & e-mail (electronic mail) & Wordplay on airmail Created by: Nosila.
Catastrophemail: /kÉ™tastrÉ™fÄ“mÄl/ â€Why do they put the send button next to the delete button?†â€Why do they put the send button next to the delete button?†Jerry’s game of typing nastygrams to many of his friends, never intending to send them, blew up in his face last night. What damage control can there be for a catastrophemail sent to his boss calling her an ignorant, insipid cow? Somebody hacked his account? It was a joke? He was drugged? Today should be an interesting day at work. Etymology: catastrophe (an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster) + email (messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network) Created by: artr.
Tofin: /To-fing/ I tofin so badly I type: af he aket rather than at the market. Etymology: none Created by: icefoxgothic.
Ohbuggerpants: /O-bugger-pantz/ “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 Created by: wordslikevenom.
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