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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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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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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.
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
Eclicktical
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)
Refreshology
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ree-fresh-all-oh-jee
Sentence: Although Purpleartichokes was a follower of Refreshology, at the end of the day, her word garnered 11 points; eschewed by verbotomists like yesterday's meatloaf proffered alongside lobstertail and filet mignon.
Etymology: refresh, reflexology
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COMMENTS:
LOL. you certainly get my vote! - ohwtepph, 2007-04-30: 05:08:00
and I have to admit, too, i have myself a severe case of refreshology in verbotomy. But I'd say it's more like a... clixation. - ohwtepph, 2007-04-30: 05:09:00
As someone here once said, it may require a verbotomy lobotomy. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-30: 06:50:00
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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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Currentica
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.
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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Mousessive
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: mous - sess - iv
Sentence: Clyde had become mousessive. He went through 34 mice this year because he could not stop checking his facebook, three email accounts and verbotomy every five minutes, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year.
Etymology: mouse, obsessive
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COMMENTS:
mousexcess - Nosila, 2009-11-17: 01:55:00
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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