March 18, 2003

Mobituary

I created a morbid new word today:

Mobituary: Your final email, text message or picture posted from your mobile communication device at the point that you know that death is immanent.

Combination of Mobile + Obituary

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mbilis, from *movibilis, from movre, to move. See meu- in Indo-European Roots.]
[Medieval Latin obiturius, (report) of death, from Latin obitus, death, from past participle of obre, to meet, meet one's death : ob-, toward; see ob- + re, to go; see ei- in Indo-European Roots.]

Mie had similar thoughts to be during a recent earthquake.

Posted by stuartcw at March 18, 2003 05:14 PM
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