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DEFINITION: A voice mail message, which does not include a name, a number, or any other relevant information which could be used to identify the caller.
Verboticisms
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Whomail
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: who-mail
Sentence: Out of three missed calls, two were whomails including one which sounded like the inside of someone's pocket or purse.
Etymology: who (for lack of ID) + mail (voicemail)
Anonymemo
Created by: Pseudonym
Pronunciation: a-non-y-me-mo
Sentence: "I think the landlord called, but I'll assume it's an anonymemo."
Etymology: anonymous + memo
Anonypistle
Created by: IneffableDawn
Pronunciation: ah-NON-ee-piss-tuhl
Sentence: "Hey, just calling to check in. Call me on my cell when you get this! Bye!" Katherine listened to the message left on her phone, trying in vain to recognize the voice. Who had left this anonypistle?
Etymology: Anon: From 'anonymous' (sorry, horrible spelling) Pistle: 'piss' as in 'pissed off', since these messages irk many, and pistle comes from 'epistle', meaning message.
Voidssage
Created by: Poeiden
Pronunciation: void-ssage
Sentence: Jim had an annoying habit of leaving voidssages on his buddies' phone. This resulted in many of his friends blocking him on their phone lists.
Etymology: void + message
Incognicall
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: in-kog-nee-kawl
Sentence: She realised she incognicalled herself yesterday at work to remind herself to pick up her calls at home.
Etymology: incognito + call
Confussage
Created by: frankenstien
Pronunciation: CONF-you-sag
Sentence: Ack! Another confussage! What part of NAME and NUMBER do they not understand?!
Etymology: Confused + Message.
Phancall
Created by: Kombooch
Pronunciation: Fan - Call
Sentence: Don't you hate it when you get a mysterious phancall and have to figure out if you recognize the voice or if it was just a wrong number!?!
Etymology: Phantom Caller
Phonigma
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: foh-nig-mah
Sentence: Those 5 little words - "It's me. Call me back." presented Jessie with yet another phonigma
Etymology: phone, enigma
