checking email

A slang term for having excessive screen time on handheld devices (iPad, smartphone), like the one done by these so-called "iPad kids"

Every time I see my cousin glued to her phone, I can't help but think she's just "checking email" again—part of these "iPad kids" generation that can't put their devices down!

by Emotional Cruiser February 14, 2026

Obsessive-Compulsive Email Checking Disorder (OCECD)

- noun

1. A psychiatric disorder characterized by a subject's obsessive thoughts and subsequent compulsions to check his/her email.

Tara's Obsessive-Compulsive Email Checking Disorder (OCECD) has severely compromised her job performance.

by April D. November 5, 2007

checking my email

1) an excuse to escape an uncomfortable situation
2) an excuse to spend time/for spending time on the computer

1)
Woman: Do you want to watch another episode of Glee?
Man: Yeah, I just have to check my email - you start without me.

2)
Man: It's almost midnight. What are you doing?
Woman: (shopping online) Just checking my email.

by katsafterme June 20, 2011

checking e-mail

slang term for masturbating. People say they are checking their email when they are really looking at internet porn.

be right back, im gonna be checking e-mail.

by wkrpinpitts February 11, 2010

checking emails into a sock

masturbating to internet pornography

sorry i didnt respond to your phonecall, i was checking emails into a sock

by will March 31, 2006