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DEFINITION: n. A psychological dependency on electronic messaging which often leads to compulsive emailing, even among people who are sitting inches apart. v. To email, twitter, or text compulsively.
Verboticisms
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Cybereliance
Created by: iwasatripwire
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I don't mind my cybereliance--it means I don't have to hear my roommate's voice anymore.
Etymology: cyber + reliance (duh)
Eddiction
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: e-dict-shun
Sentence: My boss's eddiction is even worse since he got his crackberry, now when we talk about Blackberry and Apple crumble he thinks there's been a collapse in the computer industry.
Etymology: addiction (physical dependence) + e (short for electronic)
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COMMENTS:
great sentence - fantastic word - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-06: 10:15:00
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Needee
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: need/ee
Sentence: The pair was so needee that they both continued to email after several bouts of carpal tunnel surgery
Etymology: Need (addiction) + e (email)
Wwwinfatuation
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ooo win fat you ay shun
Sentence: "this wwwinfatuation is getting out of hand" as he fished the palmtop out of the toilet bowl, complete with its waterproof cover which he had designed after the last incident.
Etymology: www, infatuation
Imaholic
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: Im-aholic
Sentence: Her boyfriend was in the chair three feet away, but rather than talk, she sent IM's. He responded via IM, "Your an Imaholic!"
Etymology: IM: short for instant messaging. -- holic: from Alcoholic, indicating dependency.
Botitis
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: bot/i/tis
Sentence: BOTitis, (better known as a digital disconnect between the brain and the fingers), may be responsible for her clueless condition; on the other hand, he had to admit that maybe he wasn't al2gethR there either.
Etymology: BOT: text messaging acronym meaning "Back On Track" + itis (indicating a disorder or disease)
Texican
Created by: tommyboy
Pronunciation: teks-eh-ken
Sentence: her over-dependency on facebook practically grants her texican citizenship.
Etymology: hmm
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COMMENTS:
Bueno! - Nosila, 2009-09-24: 01:32:00
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Enal
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: e/nal
Sentence: To cover his ass and reassure himself he has told everybody everything he should and covered all his bases, my boss e-mails everything instead of speaking any more. He's totally enal.
Etymology: e-mail + anal
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COMMENTS:
nice. - galwaywegian, 2007-03-06: 07:05:00
good one - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-06: 10:16:00
short, sweet and clear. here's my vote. - w5lf9s, 2007-03-06: 13:08:00
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Textopathy
Created by: Shellbow
Pronunciation: teks-TAW-path-ee
Sentence: He suffered so severely from textopathy that the joints in both of his thumbs were permanently inflamed.
Etymology: Text (to send text messages) + pathy (a disease of, or abnormality)
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COMMENTS:
This is much better for me than watching reruns of The Big Bang Theory. - Shellbow, 2013-11-01: 23:18:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Antimus.
Thank you Antimus! ~ James
Osomatic - 2007-03-09: 17:48:00
You know what's creepy that I didn't notice before now? The guy in this cartoon kinda looks like me.
Osomatic - 2007-03-09: 17:48:00
Kinda.
Today's definition was suggested by Antimus. Thank you Antimus. ~ James
Glad to see that everyone is talking with their fingers! Jasper Fforde certainly does it. And I was at a talk last night by August de los Reyes, creative director at Microsoft Surface, where they are designing a touch interface for the next generation computers. He says we are moving closer and closer to immateriality. I think that means fiction is becoming reality. That's we need people like Thursday Next -- Special Operatives in Jurisfiction -- to keep the story straight. ~ James