n. an efficient survey of three or more days worth of past emails in one sitting. This strategy is used to catch up on the important business that those emails may require. May be employed either by the busy or the lazy.
"I need to take a half-hour to do some email reconnaissance."
"What are you talking about?"
"Well, I've not been paying much attention to my email for a while, so I just need to get the lay of the land and find out if there are any land mines waiting for me in the form of uncompleted tasks or neglected personal friends. After that we can go to the game."
"Weird. Why didn't you just say that you were catching up on your email?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Well, I've not been paying much attention to my email for a while, so I just need to get the lay of the land and find out if there are any land mines waiting for me in the form of uncompleted tasks or neglected personal friends. After that we can go to the game."
"Weird. Why didn't you just say that you were catching up on your email?"
by somedude8000 August 28, 2013
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Get the email chainmug. Shia temporary marriage, referred to as mu'tah. Email is used between teens to talk about mu'tah without others knowing, often for the sake of short term relationships
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Get the barked an emailmug. 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."
Dave: "Yeah, me too. He's such an email conduit."
by Tsmack89 July 30, 2009
Get the email conduitmug.