"Inbox me"
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Does this drive anyone else up the wall? Since when is "inbox" a verb? Why can't these people say "send me a message" or "send me a pm" or something more conventional? What's wrong with these people?
First brexit, then Trump, and now this
The world's gone mad I tell you!
Cause its 2 words verus a lot of words
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Agreed Diddums - "inbox me" gets my goat as well. It seems to be isolated to Facebook users. The girls in my my office... "oh yeah, that bloke inboxed me an hour ago..."
Makes me wish we'd go back to the 80s in some respects when we used computers properly. "Properly" like in programming, 8-bit games, homework, robot arms (remember those?) and ofc bulletin boards were around back then too
I would retain some elements of nowaday computing too like home shopping (Tesco, Argos, Amazon etc), railway/bus times, email, updated computer graphics, Hampsterdance, but ditch the impersonal social network / social media / whatever crap 
I just say PM me (if it's a forum), or otherwise, email me. They're both 2 words.
Makes me wish we'd go back to the 80s in some respects when we used computers properly. "Properly" like in programming, 8-bit games, homework, robot arms (remember those?) and ofc bulletin boards were around back then too
I would retain some elements of nowaday computing too like home shopping (Tesco, Argos, Amazon etc), railway/bus times, email, updated computer graphics, Hampsterdance, but ditch the impersonal social network / social media / whatever crap I just say PM me (if it's a forum), or otherwise, email me. They're both 2 words.
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Ping me.
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Just a Facebook thing, fine in that context but anyone using it verbally needs to take a good hard look at themselves.
Probably because there isn't an issue with it
Especially with English, I see the flexibility of it as something to be celebrated, not condemned.
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Not seen "inbox me" but recently have been seeing people use revert instead of reply ...
Don't see the issue with it to be honest.
I say 'Shoot me an email' or 'Ping me an email' personally.
So you say "I've ponged you back" when replying?
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That was pretty much my reaction the first time I saw it used in that way ....
Serious response: "Inbox me" is a phrase used to differentiate between what you would otherwise say, which is "message me", so they don't think you mean send me a text message - which is what message me normally refers to. Hope that helps!
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Ha ha what have I done
Agreed Diddums - "inbox me" gets my goat as well. It seems to be isolated to Facebook users. The girls in my my office... "oh yeah, that bloke inboxed me an hour ago..."
Makes me wish we'd go back to the 80s in some respects when we used computers properly. "Properly" like in programming, 8-bit games, homework, robot arms (remember those?) and ofc bulletin boards were around back then too
I just say PM me (if it's a forum), or otherwise, email me. They're both 2 words.
So 2 ohrases instead of 1
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Agreed. I find that expression annoying. I hear people using it all the time.