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Meaning of facemail | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈfeɪsˌmeɪl/

Definitions

  1. Face-to-face communication, as opposed to other non-personal forms of communication.
  2. An email message sent via Facebook.
    Internet, countable, uncountable

Examples

“It's been said that some high-tech experts think so little of actual conversation that they call it “facemail,” in their minds an inefficient and inferior form of communication.”
“So we had a facemail meeting and took him out to the woodshed, so to speak.”
“That cyberlanguage has become firmly established in language communities can be observed in the practice of turning common, everyday expressions into technical metaphor: [...] talking personally is to use facemail, [...]”
“Zaria was surprised as she opened her e-mail a few days later to find new facemail from none other than Michael Kennedy. [...] I was surprised that you accepted my friend request, but then receiving facemail from you ... Am I dreaming? ...”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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