Meanings
nounbarfmail (uncountable)
- slanguncountablecomputingelectronic mail automatically sent in reply to a sender whose original message cannot be delivered
Origin
From barf (“of a system: to fail”) + mail.
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barfmail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barfmail
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