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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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Rebaretetive
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: rub-BEAR-tet-if
Sentence: Bobby was such an intensive computer user that his two week old keyboard had rebaretetives where the letters used to be.
Etymology: rub + repetitive + bare
Compubuff
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: kuhm-pyoo-buhf
Sentence: She compubuffed her keyboard so bright and shiny that she could almost she her reflection in each key.
Etymology: computer + buff (as in shine)
Clickitydip
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kli-kit-ee-dip
Sentence: My son's mouse has already developed a clickitydip - he's either been wearing sandpaper gloves or playing Warcraft way too much.
Etymology: click it, dip
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COMMENTS:
clickitydip barbatrick - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-20: 14:18:00
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Keyflawed
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Kee-flor-d
Sentence: Susan was a perfectionist so when the keyboard on her computer became marked by overuse, she insisted that the shop where she bought it from gave her a replacement due to it becoming keyflawed.
Etymology: Keyboard(a panal of keys for use with a computer) + Flawed(marked,become spoilt) = Keyflawed
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COMMENTS:
nice one - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-17: 11:55:00
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Fingerbald
Created by: ooogle
Pronunciation: Fing-ger-ball-d
Sentence: Can I get that fingerbald repainted too?
Etymology: n. Finger-Things on the end of your hands Bald-No hair Fingerbald-The shiny spot on the middle of the mousepad when you have been scrolling too much.
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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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.
Keypetitive
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kee/pet/i/tiv
Sentence: Because she didn't own a joystick, the letters 's' and 'l' disappeared from her keyboard by the constant keypetitive clicking required by the computer game.
Etymology: key + repetitive
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COMMENTS:
nice - patrick12345, 2007-11-20: 15:37:00
Very good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-20: 16:38:00
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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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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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James