DEFINITION: v. intr. To frustrate oneself by sending emails to someone who cannot receive them, especially when “over quota”. n. An emotional response to bounced-back email.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Emailancholy: /EE MAYL en kah lee/ Rachel and Theo usually conducted their long-distance romance via e-mail. But Rachel hadn’t heard from Theo in several days. All she received were bounce-back messages. Soon dread and emailancholy set in. Only days later did she learn that Theo had been on a business trip and his personal e-mail box had become full. In fact, as it happened, it was full of HER messages because he lovingly saved every single thing she sent him. Etymology: e-mail + melancholy Created by: karenanne.
Comments on Emailancholy:
galwaywegian, 2009-12-11: 10:07:00
brilliantNosila, 2009-12-11: 23:05:00
awww…e-xecellent!
Egitated: /e-gi-ta-ted/ Sally was very egitated that her emails to Jordan were returned with the message “Delivery Notification – Failure” . Etymology: e + agitated Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments on Egitated:
Nosila, 2009-12-11: 23:07:00
e-strordinary
Sendstricken: /send – strik – en/ When Jeremiah did not receive any of the dozens of emails that Patty send him, she was simply sendstricken. Etymology: send, stricken Created by: mweinmann.
Ebound: /Ä“bound/ She was on the ebound when she met Gig. All those other addresses had been so rude as to reject her advances but Gig not only had room for her, he welcomed her with an open portal. Etymology: email (messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network) + rebound (still affected by the emotional distress caused by the ending of a romantic or sexual relationship) Created by: artr.
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