e-barrassment

English

Etymology

Blend of email +‎ embarrassment. See e-.

Noun

e-barrassment (uncountable)

1. (Internet, informal, neologism) Humiliation as a result of sending an email with embarrassing mistakes.
   • 2007 April 10, “1st place baby!”, in alt.sports.baseball.atlanta-braves‎^[1] (Usenet):

     yeah, it's e-barrassment. like e-mail.

   • 2012 March 3, “From the vault: Aussie lawyer's "e-barrassment" over email faux pas”, in Lawyers Weekly‎^[2], archived from the original on 20 September 2022:

     Email etiquette and the risky reply-all were highlighted as one Australian lawyer made a major email faux pas, leading to his sacking.

   • 2015 June 23, Hayley Tsukayama, “Ever send an e-mail you wish you could take back? Now, in Gmail, you can.”, in Washington Post‎^[3]:

     How to prevent 'e-barrassment'.

   • 2019 January 17, David Pogue, “How to Handle the Dreaded 'Reply All Moment'”, in New York Times‎^[4]:

     You know what the English language needs? A word for the hot, sickening feeling you get when you accidentally hit "Reply All," subsequently broadcasting a private message to a much larger group. Maybe we should call it e-barrassment. Or forwardboding. Or Sents insensibility.