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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.
Verboticisms
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Cursorry
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kur sor ree
Sentence: Leonard was in such a hurry to see if his on-line introduction service had found him a perfect match, he checked his e-mail & texts about a hundred times every hour. He did it so much, that his thumb went numb. He ended up being cursorry when the service finally wrote back to give him the bad news..."We are cursorry, but we have been unable to find an ideal match for you...someone who has a lot in common with you. In fact, we have never had a math/physics whiz, who lived in her parent's basement, does not work or go to school, does not enjoy showering or bathing, eats pizza three times a day and besides a large comic book collection, enjoys tarantulas, farting contests with loser friends and watches Big Bang Theory all day long. It was a big surprise to us as well..."
Etymology: Cursor ((computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving the cursor allows the user to point to commands or screen positions) & Cursory(hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough)& Sorry(feeling or expressing sorrow, regret or pity)
Upwait
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)
Refretish
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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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:
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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Clecking
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: cuh-leh-king
Sentence: "Argh, twitter has given me a real clecking issue!" "I must have clecked that page a hundred times hoping for an update."
Etymology: An amalgam of the words clicking and checking. Note that re-clecking is grammatically incorrect as clecking intrinsically refers to repeated actions.
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COMMENTS:
Your first verboticism? Excellent word, definitely 'useable'. :) - Discoveria, 2012-09-10: 16:43:00
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Multimousing
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)
Webdexiety
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: web/dex/iety
Sentence: When checking her e-Bay sales, webdexiety over took her checking again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again to see if anybody had bid higher for her item.
Etymology: web + index finger + anxiety
Autopression
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.
Refreshnatic
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
Refreshivecompulsivedisorder
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: ree-fresh-iv-cum-pol-siv-dis-or-dur
Sentence: The loving teenagers checked their emails every minute to see what the other wrote, and soon both acquired RefreshiveCompulsiveDisorder.
Etymology: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder + Refresh
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel.
Thank you pinwheel! ~ James
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Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel. Thank you pinwheel. ~ James