[Ads-l] A word for email blunders
ADSGarson O'Toole
adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM
Sun May 3 12:29:15 UTC 2015
I changed the subject line.
David Barnhart wrote:
> Sorry. I meant to fix the heading but pushed the send
> button. Is there a cute or fancy word for that?
W Brewer wrote:
> WB coins: Lapsidigitation.
> (Lapsus linguae x prestidigitation)
This word niche has not yet been filled (I think). News articles have
discussed the problem of email errors:
Website: CBS News
Article: Email Mistakes at Work: How to Survive Them
Author: Mike Zimmerman
Timestamp: October 7, 2010, 3:00 AM
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/email-mistakes-at-work-how-to-survive-them/
Website: CBS News
Article: 5 career-destroying email blunders
Author: Dave Johnson
Timestamp: November 3, 2011, 5:01 PM
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/5-career-destroying-email-blunders/
Here are some candidates constructed via blending and concatenation. Not
very impressive, I know. But someone else might find the right neologism.
mailapse emailapse mismail
gaffmail mailgaffe emailgaffe
slipmail mailslip emailslip
mailtrip emailtrip
emailstake mailstake eblunder
Garson
On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 7:48 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
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> WB coins: Lapsidigitation.
> (Lapsus linguae x prestidigitation)
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