KNEEMAIL

(NEE.mayl)

n.

A prayer, especially one said while kneeling. Also:kneemail,knee mail.

—v.knee-mail.

Sign spotted outside the Church of Christ in Mountlake Terrace: "God AnswersKnee-mail."

— Jean Godden, "Ballard loyalists unite,"The Seattle Times, May 29, 2002

There was a sign by a church.It said, "God AnswersKnee Mail." That's because some people kneel when they pray.

— "Show me, thank you, I know,"The Christian Science Monitor, October 3, 2000

As the citation above and the earliest citation testify, this play on "e-mail" appears most often on signs outside of churches:

BlackBerry prayer

Christianese

godcasting

jail mail

kneecap

prayer beeper

prayer warrior

Religion