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
Get the email reconnaissancemug. An expression used when you are hyping yourself up to do something mundane that you have to do.
For example, waking up to go to work or going to the embassy to pick up documents gives email energy. But you decide to slay your way through it anyway. You are PLAYING the email.
For example, waking up to go to work or going to the embassy to pick up documents gives email energy. But you decide to slay your way through it anyway. You are PLAYING the email.
A: How are you today?
B: Ughhhh, I have to hand in a 5000 word assignment and it's giving ceebs
A: Omg not slay
B: Lol I be playing the email
A: Yesss play the email
B: Ughhhh, I have to hand in a 5000 word assignment and it's giving ceebs
A: Omg not slay
B: Lol I be playing the email
A: Yesss play the email
by Skibidipoopie January 21, 2025
Get the Play the emailmug. by raknahs December 27, 2021
Get the email nirvanamug. A salesperson who uses Apollo, Outreach, or Salesloft as their SEP because spammers land in the spam folder which of course seems logical.
An email Spammer sent me an email from one of those cold email tools Apollo, Outreach, or Salesloft because they landed in my spam folder.
by thesalesapostle January 20, 2024
Get the Email Spammermug. by anonymous November 9, 2023
Get the email chainmug. Moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, typically in profuse quantities as a reaction to having doubts regarding the quality of an email.
After checking his email for errors for the 30th time, Gary could not shake the email sweats. He eventually said f*ck it and hit send.
by G-Email November 3, 2021
Get the Email Sweatsmug. by fishy licker September 8, 2016
Get the dick emailmug.