Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ōldfashənäləjē

Sentence: Denise loves to keep up with the newest technology. Her checkbook doesn’t always allow her to keep up. You can imagine her excitement when the prices started dropping on one of her favorite data-storage devices. Now she is in the dumps because zip drives have joined the world of oldfashionology.

Etymology: old-fashioned (no longer current or common; not modern) + technology (the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: tik/stingkt

Sentence: The inability of any of today's computers to read the written data on the old large floppy disks have made them textinct.

Etymology: text + extinct

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COMMENTS:

Meaning readily apparent and so full! Ingenious choice of words to blend! Superb Won! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-14: 18:30:00

Excellent!! - Mustang, 2008-03-14: 19:38:00

Excellent! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-16: 17:07:00

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Created by: mokelmoney

Pronunciation: sore/ o/ stink/shon

Sentence: Hey! Johnny these floppy disk and VHS tapes are so out dated and old you must have bought them @ Caveman Charlie's store for the real dinosaur.

Etymology: Listen here! I don't mean to be rude but I need your attention. First, Happy New Year. I want to submit my own word and definition. Please Kahnumblem: noun: A build up of options where one must make a choice however it is difficult to choose one [for instance mate] option because every choice has a use and choosing may require life alterations.

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COMMENTS:

Please accept my own creation. "kahnumblem" - mokelmoney, 2009-01-08: 13:29:00

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Created by: DragonRider428

Pronunciation: imm-yoos

Sentence: I found an immuse the other day - a record player!

Etymology: prefix "im" meaning "not" and "use"

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Created by: FreakyDeak

Pronunciation: Pro-toe-gram

Sentence: Still using your brain to think? It's such a protogram. Try google, you Neanderthal.

Etymology: Proto(prefix meaning earliest form of something) + Program

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Created by: catgrin

Pronunciation: me-dee-duh

Sentence: They look cool, but Mayan calendars are just mediduh. I mean, can you coordinate meetings on those things?!?

Etymology: From "media" and "duh"

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Created by: wayoffcenter

Pronunciation: äbsəlētist

Sentence: Tommy feels that much of the best technology has been passed over because the majority of people are too dumb to appreciate it. He is a self-avowed obsoletist. Blackberry? iPhone? Forget them. He has his PDA and he's sticking with it.

Etymology: obsolete: no longer produced or used; out of date + elitist: a person who believes that a system or society should be ruled or dominated by an elite

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COMMENTS:

Fun stuff! - artr, 2009-01-07: 06:39:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: molden - old - ees

Sentence: All my moldenoldies are on 8-track tapes or records. My 8-track player has broken and the records have stopped going around.

Etymology: Mold ( a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter Oldies (Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s) Golden Oldies (popular hits of the past).

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COMMENTS:

very nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-07: 14:21:00

Better clean em out before they start to smell! Cute create! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-07: 14:44:00

I like it. - Mustang, 2009-01-08: 18:47:00

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Created by: yelloweyes

Pronunciation: ar-key-ah-prawk-tem

Sentence:

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Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: tek - no - sore

Sentence: As time marches on, we are creating new media but the list of technosaurs is increasing. I have boxes of VHS tapes and records and even though I can still play them, they are not as clear and vibrant as the CD's and DVD's that I now have.

Etymology: Technology (Mechanisms for distributing messages, including postal systems, radio and television broadcasting companies, telephone, satellite and computer networks) + Dinosaur (extinct reptiles, also used as a term to denote something old)

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COMMENTS:

So appealing! How the kid in all of us loves our technosaurs! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-07: 14:47:00

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