e-barrassment
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek εἶμι (eîmi)der. English ion English electron ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electronic Proto-Germanic *malhō Frankish *malhabor. Medieval Latin malader. Anglo-Norman malebor. ▲ Old French malebor. Middle English male English mail English electronic mailabbr. English email Akkadian 𒆟 (rakāsum) Akkadian 𒄙 (markasu)bor. Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܫܳܐ (maršā)bor. Arabic مَرَسَة (marasa)der. Old Galician-Portuguese baraço Old Galician-Portuguese embaraçarbor. Old Spanish embaraçar Spanish embarazarbor. French embarrasserbor. English embarrass Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English embarrassment blend English e-barrassment Blend of email + embarrassment. See e-.
- derived from embarrasserbor
- derived from embaraçar Spanish embarazarbor
- derived from baraço Old Galician-Portuguese embaraçarbor
- derived from malebor
- derived from malebor
- derived from malader
- derived from -iquebor
- derived from ion English electron ▲ Latin -icuslbor
Definitions
Humiliation as a result of sending an email with embarrassing mistakes.
- 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'.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for e-barrassment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA