Verboticisms

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: WEB-ber-nek

Sentence: Roxie feared that if Bob continued to be such an obsessive webberneck, staring curiously and inquisitively whilst clicking frequently from webpage to webpage, he soon would become emouseculated.

Etymology: WEBBER: a user of the WWW; an internet user & NECK (as in rubberneck);straining one's neck to watch, checkout what's going on; gawk. EMOUSECULATE: Lose one's webrility or E-potency.

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COMMENTS:

love it! - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-18: 10:47:00

Great word! - Mustang, 2008-07-18: 18:33:00

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Created by: zrotv

Pronunciation: dăt - ə - gŏg

Sentence: I knew it was useless to keep clicking the button, but I couldn't help myself, I was totally overwhelmed with datagog.

Etymology: data + agog (agog: Full of keen anticipation or excitement; eager.)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: com-PULS-er-ee-chek

Sentence: Following his usual pattern, Lester accomplished his one hundredth compulsorecheck of his email, his twitter account and his Facebook wall and as usual all rechecks revealed no new entries.

Etymology: Blend of compulsory (bound for, fated in near future) and recheck - to check again (check - to make an inquiry, investigation, etc., as for verification)

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Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: klik - sey - shuhn

Sentence: Research shows that verbotomists wearing long-sleeved orange shirts with weird designs on it have a slightly higher tendency of clixation compared to others. Furthermore, verbotomists with much higher tendencies of clixation ... are those who own a mouse.

Etymology: click + fixation (an obsession)

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: click-to-main-ee-a

Sentence: Dan realized that Marcy's clictomania had gotten out of control when he began to find mice hidden all over the house. It was obvious that her compulsive click-refresh, click-refresh behavior had worn them all out and she didn't want anyone to know she had this condition. No matter what, he knew it was time to confront her with the evidence and look for some kind of intervention before she ended up in real trouble.

Etymology: click + kleptomania: an obsessive compulsion to steal regardless of economic need

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: mows/fret/eer/ing

Sentence: Don's kids were known march around the room behind him during the last few minutes of his Ebay auctions singing, "Who's the leader of Ebay, who's Dad to you and me...C-L-I...CK-E -Y...M-O-U-S-E." He did not appreciate their mocking his affliction. Mousefreteering is not a laughing matter, and he has the handicapped plaque in his car to prove it.

Etymology: Root word-Mousketeer: One of a group of children appearing on the television program The Mickey Mouse Club in the 1950's. Fret: fuss: worry unnecessarily or excessively.

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: ee/clik/ti/cal

Sentence: A truly eclicktical personality orbits the mouse pad constantly, clicking as he does so.

Etymology: click + ecliptical (circular path)

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Created by: thefreewheeler

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Pam, get an RSS reader or learn to deal with not having the latest news--your currentica is bugging me.

Etymology: from adj. 'current' : latest avaialble.

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: ad-clik-shun

Sentence: after 3 hours of compulsive refreshing, he realised he had a serious addclicktion

Etymology: addiction, click

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Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: clique-shay

Sentence: If Marcy's clikche doesn't subside, I am going to have to get out the arsenic. NO, it's for me.

Etymology: Clik + Cliche

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