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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.
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Ebound
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ēbound
Sentence: 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)
Frustremailession
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: fruh stree male ess shun
Sentence: After suffering frustremailession, Sheila finally gave up emailing Dave Letterman.
Etymology: Frustration+email sion makes it a noun.
Emailancholy
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: EE MAYL en kah lee
Sentence: 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
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COMMENTS:
brilliant - galwaywegian, 2009-12-11: 10:07:00
awww...e-xecellent! - Nosila, 2009-12-11: 23:05:00
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Emailsculated
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ee/male/scu/lay/ted
Sentence: Chris felt totally emailsculated by his empty inbox. All of his heartfelt notes were flying around in cyberspace, rejected.
Etymology: email + emasculated
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COMMENTS:
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww - hooterbug, 2008-07-24: 07:59:00
Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-25: 17:43:00
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Cyberized
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: si-ber-ized
Sentence: Sickorina was obviously cyberized by her unsuccessful attempts in trying to stalk the former guy she dated one time.
Etymology: Cyber - of, relating to, or characteristic of the culture of computers, information technology, and virtual reality. Ized - Just made up, to show...one who is in the act of crazy overkill messaging.
Deliveryfailuretotalprostration
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "DFTP," he said to his flatmate, "I'll never get a message to her before she leaves for the airport. Arianna, WHY???"
Etymology: "Delivery Failure Notification" + "Total Prostration"
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COMMENTS:
wow, It's like,like reading a novel... what happens next??!1,LOL Great word and sentence! Grasshopper - grasshopper, 2007-05-30: 11:05:00
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Emangle
Created by: ngajoe
Pronunciation: E-main-GULL
Sentence: Kelly's emanglement grew with every passing pop-up.
Etymology:
Cybergravate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SYE - ber - gruh - vayt
Sentence: Lucinda continued to cybergravte herself daily by sending countless numbers of emails to her friends long after they had taken up text messaging for their personal communications.
Etymology: Blend of 'cyber' and 'aggravate'.
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COMMENTS:
nice blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-24: 14:14:00
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Correspondespondency
Created by: jerschneid
Pronunciation: COR-RE-SPON-DE-SPON-DEN-CY
Sentence: With every bounced email to my ex-girlfriend, my correspondespondency grows.
Etymology: a combination of "correspondence" and "despondency"
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COMMENTS:
excellent word - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-24: 14:20:00
Perfect! - lumina, 2008-07-24: 16:08:00
I like it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-25: 17:43:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by iwasatripwire. Thank you iwasatripwire! ~ James
iwasatripwire - 2007-05-31: 10:41:00
The drawing kind of looks like me, too!
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