Email Strain

It started as a typo for ‘email chain’. It has been related to the shear number of emails one may receive on in given work day.

As in, “Boy, I sure have a case of ‘Email Strain’ today.”

by Mallogic July 9, 2009

Email Orgy

Receiving multiple absurd one sentence emails in response to a mass email announcing positive news.

Mass Email: "The company has just been awarded the business (just like the last business that was awareded)
Email Orgy #1 :"Thanks for everyone’s support and efforts."

Email Orgy #2 : "Excellent news!"
Email Orgy #11 : "Great news!"
Email Orgy #15: "That is excellent news. Way to go team."
Email Orgy #23 : "So exciting!!!"
Email Orgy #149 : "Great teamwork"

by Mmirfeeoiveoviejoeijeovveijmrb June 1, 2018

email club

noun. A group with which one exchanges emails regarding information, whether relevant and meaningful or random and inconsequential. Note: Most emails are exchanged during work hours, but after-hours email clubbing is allowed when issues of great importance or great randomness occur.

Why is that 40-year-old woman wearing stripper heels at Costco? The email club needs to hear about this.

by mb holla May 5, 2008

email interuptus

The act of "pulling" out or scrapping an email that gets out of control.

To cancel sending, rewrite or re-word a potentially nasty email

Jane went from writing a dear boss letter to FUCK YOU boss, but before sending luckily performed a quick email interuptus

by byron whiteson ii January 25, 2010

email cajones

The tendency of a person to angrily write things in an email that they would never say in person

Person A: I don't understand David. Yesterday he sent that scathing reply to Ryan's email, but in today's meeting he was so non-confrontational. What's the deal?
Person B: Oh, yeah... he's got email cajones.

by RyGuyNomad December 29, 2009

Mosquito emailer

Somebody who persistently sends many annoying and often unnecessary emails, often rehashing discussions that had previously ended.

Greg from Accounts sent me another email about that invoice that had already been paid - the guy's a real mosquito emailer.

by secretwombat September 30, 2019

Shotgun email

An email usually sent to numerous co-workers usually because the sender is too lazy to specifically address the email to the person(s) that have the information he/she needs.

It's just easier to send to eveyone and hope it sticks to the relevent parties.

Victor is always sending these Shotgun emails regarding leasing stats that I have already provide.....

by Erictheb July 9, 2010