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DEFINITION: n., A wear mark, or shiny spot, which appears on a heavily used computer touch-pad, mouse or keyboard. v., To wear down or erode through repetitive clicking, tapping or poking.
Verboticisms
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Scuffleboard
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: skuff-ul-bord
Sentence: his penchant for using the W A S D keys to control pacman were resulting in a serious case of scuffleboard
Etymology: scuff, key board, shuffleboard
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COMMENTS:
missed this one yesterday - very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-21: 06:02:00
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Shinetalic
Created by: sipsoccer
Pronunciation: (shine-tal-lic)
Sentence: I see your mouse has a shinetalic spot on it from major usage.
Etymology: shine-bright,glows,shiny talic-part of metallic, which also means shiny.
Nervhole
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Look another nervhole.Somebody ger her a xanex,then she'll slow down.
Etymology:
Keyrode
Created by: Buzzardbilly
Pronunciation: key rode
Sentence: When I looked down to hunt and peck my name into the system, I couldn't tell what I was doing because the letters had been keyroded away. -or- It was obvious the computer had seen heavy use because half of the keyboard and both mouse buttons suffered heavy keyrosion.
Etymology: key (from keyboard keys) + rode (from corrode (to wear away through contact over time with chemicals, oils, etc...in the case of keyrosion the oils and ridges of our skin working together to keyrode the plastic finish.
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COMMENTS:
Great word: great debut! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-20: 16:39:00
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Clickpit
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: klick - pit
Sentence: I realized I was spending entirely too much time on-line playing those escape the room games when my 3 month old laptop had already developed a clickpit in the touch-pad.
Etymology: click -action of operating a mouse or touchpad + pit - small divot caused by repeated friction.
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COMMENTS:
It has a satisfying sound to it. I like it. - astorey, 2008-10-17: 11:55:00
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Crapdoo
Created by: jeremy21
Pronunciation: /crap-doo/
Sentence: That dude crapdooed on the wrong person. Crapdooing is not the way to go
Etymology: Old american- coming from some old english
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
Clickeroded
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: klĭk-ə-rō'-dĭd
Sentence: Like that spot on my keyboard spacebar, and the spot on my mouse button where I always click it, the buttons on the remote control for Uncle Bill's old TV were were noticeably clickeroded.
Etymology: clicker (Slang term for a remote control, or controlling device) + eroded (Latin, érōdere - "worn away by abrasion")
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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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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James