Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: flikərklikər

Sentence: Bob is a habitual flickerclicker. His obsessive mouse clicking has caused more than one office mate to ask for a transfer. Even his computer has been known to shut down in protest.

Etymology: flicker (make small, quick movements; flutter rapidly) (an American woodpecker) + clicker (a device such as a computer mouse that clicks)

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Created by: suzanne

Pronunciation: an- or - axe - eea- nerv oh -sa

Sentence: Tom's anoracksianervosa was getting worse. He was now spellchecking word for the day and googling his dog. Apparently he knows where leif Garret is right now.

Etymology: anorack- type of jecket, preferred clothing of those who get obseesed with ther minutiea of technical life.

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COMMENTS:

Sounds like Tom would be good at Verbotomy. - wordmeister, 2007-04-30: 21:24:00

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Created by: billnruth

Pronunciation: multi-mouse-ing

Sentence: John was at it again, the hand going ten to the dozen, multimousing without a thought for the poor mouse. Completely unproductive, known in the office as having a serious dose of the MMs.

Etymology: multi -- meaning many times (lat) mouse -- plastic rodent at the end of a wire or increasingly wireless (OE/mod Am)

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Created by: Kenge92

Pronunciation: Ree-Fresh-Nat-ic

Sentence: Susan was a refreshnatic, always refreshing like a fanatic, on her facebook and myspace page. She will never get it that she's not popular.

Etymology: Refresh- To Fresh Again. Natic- From Fanatic- to be obsessed with

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Created by: Ellemorpheus

Pronunciation: Ow-toe-presh-yon

Sentence: His autopression not only got on my nerves, but surved to ensure his computer would freeze often.

Etymology: auto-self press-push/click ion-obsession continuation of action.as in the word obsession.

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: el-eck-ron-ic-mail

Sentence: He was completely addicted to checking his inbox every three minutes. He was an elechronicmailer.

Etymology: electronic mail (online communication) + chronic (habitual or inveterate)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ree fret ish

Sentence: he had a serious refretish, especially when he had posted a new word.

Etymology: refresh fetish

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COMMENTS:

nice one - petaj, 2007-05-01: 00:15:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: əpwāt

Sentence: Paul has to constantly upwait his fave web pages. He has made a rule for himself that he must upwait at least for a count of 3 between clicks. He*s found that he can count to 3 very fast. Who has a new status on Facebook? Who is ahead in the pillow fight? Who has tweeted? Did they say something about him? He has to know.

Etymology: update (make something more modern or up to date) wait (stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or until something else happens)

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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: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: fas/ti/dee/mouse

Sentence: Mickey was overly fastidimouse and could not let more than ten seconds elapse before checking his ebay account.

Etymology: fastidious (overly fussy) + mouse

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COMMENTS:

Me likey. :) - lumina, 2008-07-19: 22:23:00

Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-20: 07:12:00

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