Meaning of e-barrassment | Babel Free

Definitions

Humiliation as a result of sending an email with embarrassing mistakes.

Internet, informal, neologism, uncountable

Examples

“yeah, it's e-barrassment. like e-mail.”

“Email etiquette and the risky reply-all were highlighted as one Australian lawyer made a major email faux pas, leading to his sacking.”

“How to prevent 'e-barrassment'.”

“You know what the English language needs? A word for the hot, sickening feeling you get when you accidentally hit "Reply All," subsequently broadcasting a private message to a much larger group. Maybe we should call it e-barrassment. Or forwardboding. Or Sents insensibility.”

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