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e-barrassment

e-barrassment noun: humiliation as a result of sending an email with embarrassing mistakes.

Noun

e-barrassment (uncountable)

  1. (Internet, informal, neologism) Humiliation as a result of sending an email with embarrassing mistakes.
    • yeah, it's e-barrassment. like e-mail.2007 April 10, “1st place baby!”, in alt.sports.baseball.atlanta-braves (Usenet)
    • Email etiquette and the risky reply-all were highlighted as one Australian lawyer made a major email faux pas, leading to his sacking.2012 March 3, “From the vault: Aussie lawyer's "e-barrassment" over email faux pas”, in Lawyers Weekly, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2022

Origin of e-barrassment

Blend of email + embarrassment. See e-.

Questions about e-barrassment

What does e-barrassment mean?
E-barrassment means humiliation as a result of sending an email with embarrassing mistakes.
What part of speech is e-barrassment?
E-barrassment is a noun.

Words near e-barrassment in the dictionary

  1. e-ballot
  2. e-ballots
  3. e-bank
  4. e-banking
  5. e-banks
  6. e-barrassment
  7. e-based
  8. e-basket
  9. e-baskets
  10. e-beam
  11. e-beams

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