Verb. To telecottage / telecottaging.
Working from a home in the country with computer communication.
Nothing to do with cottaging.
Working from a home in the country with computer communication.
Nothing to do with cottaging.
I sold my flat in London and bought a cottage in Norfolk. Then I had a 2mbps line installed so I could telecottage.
by kilkrazy January 17, 2005
Get the Telecottaging mug.Once trend, now status quo of spending more virtual time with our fellow human beings than actual face-time.
The act of living through social media, online games, email and text-messages rather than picking up the phone (as initially intended) to CALL another person or as a means to truly "stay in touch" via conversation or to facilitate actual get-togethers or live social events.
A reliance on having numerous online "followers" that staves off loneliness the way a picnic ora good, old-fashioned softball game with friends, acquaintances and family members once did.
Like telecommuTing, a form of attendance and human interaction we can manage from "virtually" anywhere, diminishing the need for proximity with family, friends and coworkers.
The act of living through social media, online games, email and text-messages rather than picking up the phone (as initially intended) to CALL another person or as a means to truly "stay in touch" via conversation or to facilitate actual get-togethers or live social events.
A reliance on having numerous online "followers" that staves off loneliness the way a picnic ora good, old-fashioned softball game with friends, acquaintances and family members once did.
Like telecommuTing, a form of attendance and human interaction we can manage from "virtually" anywhere, diminishing the need for proximity with family, friends and coworkers.
"Thanks to telecommuting and telecommuning I never need to leave the house!"
"Ashley is super popular. She telecommunes with her 19,000 closest friends all the time!"
"Ashley is super popular. She telecommunes with her 19,000 closest friends all the time!"
by TheSquidGirl May 24, 2014
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"Hey man, didn't Ted pick this movie out? I can't believe he's already asleep!"
"Yea he always does this, he's aTelesomniac. He can't help it. Telesomnia is a serious medical condition."
"Yea he always does this, he's aTelesomniac. He can't help it. Telesomnia is a serious medical condition."
by trapknowledge November 18, 2013
Get the Telesomniac mug.In a public setting, i.e. dinner or a waiting room, when one person gets on a cell phone, the other(s) at the table are compelled to be on their phones also. The faster the other cell phones come out is directly proportional to those individual's lack of self-esteem.
1. Joe and Jen are on a date, Jen gets a call. Within moments, like a telecommunicable disease, Joe whips out his phone and begins randomly texting his friends.
2. While waiting for the nurse to come in, fidgety Phil whips out his cell phone to call his buddy. In response, others in the waiting room start diddling with their phones.
2. While waiting for the nurse to come in, fidgety Phil whips out his cell phone to call his buddy. In response, others in the waiting room start diddling with their phones.
by Jorg Sacul September 10, 2008
Get the telecommunicable mug.telecommutants spend all or most of their workday at coffee chains, using computers or other telecommunications equipment. The mere cost of a latte and low fat chocolate twist entitles telecommutants to appropriate rent-free virtual office space to themselves with impunity.
"I'll get the coffee and you find us a table."
"I would, but the whole place is invaded with telecommutants!"
"I would, but the whole place is invaded with telecommutants!"
by relaxfrancis October 13, 2009
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Mitch: Jody, set up a telecon and WebEx with the team. We're going to pick some low-hanging fruit.
Jody: Ok, I'll shoot you an e-mail with the deets.
Jody: Ok, I'll shoot you an e-mail with the deets.
by kneb July 26, 2006
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