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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.
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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 because of the constant keypetitive tapping, clicking and pushing required by the computer game.
Etymology: KEYPETITIVE - from KEY (keyboard) + REPETITIVE (repeated over and over)
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COMMENTS:
wow. i remember joysticks. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 12:18:00
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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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Hardwear
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: hard-wayr
Sentence: Simon's friends referred to his keyboard, mouse and mousepad as his hardwear because of the excessive wear shown on them by his overly rough use.
Etymology: Blend of 'hard' and 'wear', a play on the word 'hardware'.
Hypermouseration
Created by: mvandyke
Pronunciation: hyper-mouse-er-ation
Sentence: One could easily see the tell tale signs of 'hypermouseration' in Kathies work station.
Etymology:
Boursoflypord
Created by: garythesnail
Pronunciation: bor-SO-FLY-POORD
Sentence: Felix had many boursoflypords on his keyboard.
Etymology: french 'boursouflure' for blister, + type + keyboard
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")
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
Typblation
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Typ b la tion
Sentence: Visitors to his apartment always became astounded to find ancient keyboards and mouse devices covered with advanced typblation. "Yer sure pushing the mileage with that hardware!"
Etymology: Type (to press keys) & ablation (erosion from repetitive contact)
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COMMENTS:
Veru apropos! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 10:37:00
terrific! - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-17: 11:59:00
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Abrashine
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: uh-BREY-shahyn
Sentence: Bob lived in canescrapent, click-button cyberia with mice that abrashined, remote controls with repitritus and gnawhite-spotted screens.
Etymology: Abrashine:abrasion:scraped spot or area & shine 2.Repitritus (repitition & detritus) 3. Gnawhite:(gnaw: eat away & white) 4. Cyberia:from "Life in the Trenches of Hyperspace" by Doug Rushkoff. 5.Canescrapent:greyish white & scrape.
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COMMENTS:
poor Bob, what a grind - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-20: 14:17:00
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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