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Email battle

An exchage of email (typically business related)communication characterized by increasingly inflamatory, antagonistic, or sarcastic commentary. Generally, the battle ends when one participant becomes too angry to continue without using profanity or threatening physical violence.
Wade started an email battle with me today when I emailed he and John and asked them to work on their collections. He must be experiencing his monthly flow.
by El Jefe (the true El Jefe) September 5, 2011
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email dump

a) your personal emails that are specifically " dumped" on the media, by someone betraying you, in order to discredit you
b) a private email server where politicians store embarrassing, unwanted emails, hoping that no one will find them until the statute of limitations runs out.
if you ever let someone enter your personal email dump, definition b), don't be surprised if email dump-definition a)- will be used by that "someone" to "torpedo you underwater" decades later, spelling the Titanesque end of your political career
by Sexydimma January 28, 2021
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Email surfing

What you do if bored on the internet. Involves watching the side-bar adverts on the email site, and then hitting the REFRESH or INBOX buttons to see a different ad. Akin to TV channel-surfing.
"Dude I was so bored yesterday waiting for that girl to email me back that I did some email surfing to pass the time."

"Did you see that identity theft one?"

"Yeah, like TWENTY times!"
by Experimental Mistress October 13, 2009
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Email whore

An employee who sends an endless stream of unnecessary and unwanted emails that are usually filled with stupid requests for information or other questions. Basically it's people who have too much time and not enough work so they decide to email nonstop.
Mabel is such an email whore; she sent me 43 emails today and it's only 9 am. I am going to just delete them so I can get some actual work done.
by Reenro July 25, 2014
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email butt-whistle

1990 - The college buddy who won't go to the toga party because he logs into the school server to play on the UNIX system and gopher around the world
2000 - Anyone who puts their email checking schedule in front of other social activity
2006 - Dead Blackberry batteries.
This is a great party. Where's John at?
He's up at the school whistling.
John is an email butt-whistle
by Duluth Student September 20, 2006
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email conduit

An individual who mindlessly forwards emails to colleagues, business contacts and friends in an attempt to make him/herself look smart.
Bob: "I keep getting tons of research emails from Fred but he never makes any comments nor does he ever seem to be reading them himself."

Dave: "Yeah, me too. He's such an email conduit."
by Tsmack89 July 30, 2009
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email gap

(n.) - A period of time when you do not open your email inbox due to travel, moving to a new home, or week-long bedrest due to flu or other health problems.
"Wow, I was out of town for so long, travelling on business, that I just didn't have time to pay attention to the email gap in my inbox."

-- Overheard at an office watercooler in Boston, November 7, 2010
by PRwiz101 November 15, 2010
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