Neologism 17: E-upmanship, noun

E-upmanship is the act of trying to "one up" the amount of emails that another person has received. It is similar to any typical graduate school conversation in which we often tell each other how much we have on our plates. The difference is primarily in tone. When we do this in conversation it is with trust, knowing that the other person can relate and will most likely show empathy. In E-upmanship, one is acting competitively. An example is included below.

Brian sighed heavily and spun around to tell his roommate Andrew that he had received 4 emails in the time that it had taken him to read one. Andrew used his E-upmanship ability to point out that he had 423 emails in his inbox because his computer was down for three days.