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'Quit clicking on me. Use F5!'

DEFINITION: n. Obsessive-compulsive rechecking or "refreshing" of an item (especially a webpage) to see if its status has changed; often leads to repetitive mouse-clicking disorder.v. To constantly recheck or refresh your twitter page, or email account.

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Compulsorecheck

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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Addclicktion

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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Updatelust

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈʌpdeɪtˌlʌst/

Sentence: A watched blog never posts, but this does nothing to lessen the updatelust.

Etymology: From update + lust

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Clicktitus

AnnieChandon

Created by: AnnieChandon

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Refringerouse

Created by: trunktickle

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Refreshaholic

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: re-fresh-a-hol-ic

Sentence: Bill was a refreshaholic and compulsively would recheck his email and favorite blogs for updates.

Etymology: refresh + aholic

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Refreshoholism

Created by: Pasicheio

Pronunciation: Re-Fresh-Oh-Hall-Ism

Sentence: Jerry is a refreshoholic when it comes to news websites

Etymology: Refresh; Alcoholism

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Clixation

ohwtepph

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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Cyclick

Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: sy/click

Sentence: Harry had cyclick phases where he would refresh the daily Verbotomy words so frequently that his finger was developing a double-click twitch.

Etymology: cyclic (on a regular basis) + click (the button)

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COMMENTS:

petaj Do you think it's a cycological problem? - petaj, 2007-04-30: 05:15:00

It could well be cycosomatclick! - pinwheel, 2007-04-30: 05:17:00

very nice! - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-30: 12:39:00

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Eclicktic

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ek lik tik

Sentence: her habits were most eclicktic

Etymology: click tic eclectic

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COMMENTS:

ecellent - Nosila, 2009-11-16: 23:00:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-30: 00:01:19
Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel.
Thank you pinwheel! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-30: 01:26:00
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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-16: 00:03:00
Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel. Thank you pinwheel. ~ James