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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.
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Obsessivecompressive
Created by: thinkbolt
Pronunciation: ob-sess-iv-com-press-iv
Sentence:
Etymology:
Datagog
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.)
Oversite
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: over syte
Sentence: Due to his oversite and excitement on getting a reply, all of the 1200 hits on his singles ad were his own.
Etymology: Over (overdo;too much) & Site (a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web)and Wordplay on oversight (an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something)
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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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
Clixation
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)
Refreshomania
Created by: MissRabbit
Pronunciation: ri - FRESH - o - may - ni - a
Sentence: Afflicted by a severe case of refreshomania, John sat before his computer obsessively reloading Ebay to see if his bid was still in the lead.
Etymology: refresh: from the common computer term for reloading a screen, from the Old English refreschen ("reinvigorate") mania: from the Greek mania ("madness")
Elechronicmail
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)
Cursorrynow
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: Kur soree now
Sentence: Cursorrynow? Cursorrynow? Whose mouse is aching, From over-refreshing and how! Who's sad and blue From all that on-line shopping, whew! Wait till your Visa bill comes to you. Right to the end, you'll be in debt, and have to work till you're dead. We tried to warn you somehow... You've had your way Now you must pay E-Bay We're glad that you're cursorrynow!
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) & Sorry (having regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone) & Now (this minute)...Play on old Connie Francis tune: Who's Sorry Now? (Sorry, Connie)
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COMMENTS:
Oh, great -- now this tune will be with me all day. - mrskellyscl, 2009-11-16: 07:13:00
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Thank you pinwheel! ~ James
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Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel. Thank you pinwheel. ~ James