Now's your chance to say "I said it first!" So what shall we call it?
1st place: Feemail (dunderbot, San Diego, CA)
2nd place: Weemail (Jennifer, Baltimore, MD)
3rd place: Thumbmail (waverider, Auckland, NZ)
Honorable mention: Phexting (as in phone texting—Will, Valley Center, KS)
word-play
4 comments:
Not that I have any ideas, but none of the winners seem to be words that lend themselves to usage as noun/verb any better than "text" does. I feemailed him?
I thought we already had an alternative – 'to SMS'.
Don't know if this is UK-specific. And it's pretty ugly. Oh, and it's both a noun and a verb. But still.
You could also use 'text' or 'SMS' as a noun: "I sent him a text" or "I sent him an SMS" aren't too clumsy.
I don't know "feemailed" seems like a pretty nice verb; just like "emailed" is used.
I chose "feemailed" as the winner on account of the horror stories I often hear regarding the parents (and other paying guardians) outrage when the bill is presented. Also, when an existing word is phonetically co-opted, it's a "thing of booty."
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