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Rubpetitive
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: rub-PET-eh-tiv
Sentence: Nigel's keyboard looked worse than a roadside diner sign from all the letters rubpetively worn off.
Etymology: rub + pet + (repet)itive
Mouseketear
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: mouse/keh/tare
Sentence: Sally was so busy scrolling through ebay that she didn't notice that the mousekewear had swiftly become a mouseketear. Now she'd have to go back to WaltMart to pick up another one.
Etymology: mouse + tear (rip) + mouseketeer
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COMMENTS:
Love it! - TJayzz, 2008-10-17: 06:41:00
Very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-19: 00:34:00
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Erodiousbaldicus
Created by: lafillepirate
Pronunciation: Air-road-ee-us-bald-ih-cuss
Sentence: If he doesn't stop playing computer games, he's going to lose his mouse to erodiousbaldicus.
Etymology: Rumored to have been written on rock polishing kits.
Eteriorate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ee teer eeo rayt
Sentence: June's computer mouse was so worn it was in the terminal stages of eteriorate. She thumped on it so often everyday that it was in a permanent stage of AOLopecia.
Etymology: deteriorate (to fade away or worsen) & e-terior (electronic exterior) & ate (eaten away)
Clickslick
Created by: kabloozie
Pronunciation: klik slik
Sentence: I just bought this laptop, and already I've got an obvious clickslick on the fingerpad...hmmm, maybe I should get myself a wacom...
Etymology: click (the act of using a computer keypboard or mouse) slick: shiny and smooth
Mouseketear
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: mouse/keh/tare
Sentence: Sally was so busy scrolling through ebay that she didn't notice that the mousekewear had swiftly become a mouseketear.
Etymology: mouse + tear (rip) + mouseketeer
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COMMENTS:
Very clever! Perhaps you need a cybercat! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-20: 16:41:00
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Digilution
Created by: all4word
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The device has clear signs of digilution.
Etymology: digit and devolution or dilution
Erodency
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: i-ROHD-uh n-see
Sentence: Bob lived in constant state of click-button erodency with an abrashining mouse and a repitritious keyboard.
Etymology: Blend of "E" for a system of world-wide electronic communication;as in email etc., RODENT: from Mod.L. rodentia, the order name, from L. rodentem (nom. rodens), prp. of rodere "to gnaw, eat away," like a "mouse" and CY: state or condition.
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-17: 11:52:00
Good one!! - TJayzz, 2008-10-17: 14:17:00
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Alopadcia
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /al-uh-pad-shee-uh/
Sentence: "Does your owner tap on you like a beast? are you losing your hair and colour? Do no wait anymore! STOP IT NOW!!! By using our brand new product called Aminexpad!!! Try it out, or you'll be out!
Etymology: ALOPADCIA. From Alopecia (loss of hair; baldness) + Pad
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-17: 11:53:00
Zounds! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 12:22:00
Hair-iffic! - Nosila, 2008-10-17: 22:25:00
clever - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-19: 00:33:00
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Callousnickoff
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: Cal-us-nik-off
Sentence: Tony's superfast typing not only sounded like rapid gunfire, it also left little callousnickoffs all over her keyboard.
Etymology: Callous (skin made tough and thick through wear) + nick (an impression in a surface) + off, combined to sound like the kalishnikoff gun.
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COMMENTS:
Do you believe in the right to arm bears? I do :) - metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 12:05:00
Very clever, Astorey! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 12:06:00
Shoot! That's a good calibre word! - Nosila, 2008-10-17: 22:30:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James