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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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Boursoflypord
Created by: garythesnail
Pronunciation: bor-SO-FLY-POORD
Sentence: Felix had many boursoflypords on his keyboard.
Etymology: french 'boursouflure' for blister, + type + keyboard
Nakey
Created by: giIIyp
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Which key is that? N? M? I never know, they are both so nakey.
Etymology: I do not know why, but I wear out the N and M keys - my naked keys.
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")
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)
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.
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
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
Annoyputer
Created by: patrick12345
Pronunciation: anoi/puter
Sentence: He was searching google when his mouse stoped working for the 50th time he was very annoyputer
Etymology: annoying+part of a computer
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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Clickopecia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: klikəpēshēə
Sentence: It’s good for Bill that he’s a touch typist. He has worn most of the letters off of the keys on his keyboard. His mouse has a bad case of clickopecia, a bald spot caused by excessive clicking.
Etymology: click (an act of pressing a mouse button) + alopecia (the partial or complete absence of hair from areas of the body where it normally grows; baldness)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James