Verboticisms

Created by: anniki

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Created by: hooterbug

Pronunciation: \ˈmīs\ets-

Sentence: Martha had a full on case of micettes as she waited impatiently on a page view of her newly loaded Match.com profile.

Etymology: Combination of MICE + Tourettes (a familial neurological disorder of variable expression that is characterized by recurrent involuntary tics involving body movements (as eye blinks or grimaces) and vocalizations (as grunts or utterance of inappropriate words), often has one or more associated conditions (as obsessive-compulsive disorder), is more common in males than females, and usually has an onset in childhood and often stabilizes or ameliorates in adulthood

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: KLIHK-kihk

Sentence: Alex's clickkick meant he had to replace his mouth every three months.

Etymology: click + kick (thrill, or addiction)

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COMMENTS:

OY OY OY, that was odd, I meant "mouse", of course. I didn't know I typed with a lisp. :P - mplsbohemian, 2007-04-30: 11:01:00

Hehe! Reminds me of the time I typed Whittier, California with an S instead of a W! - toadstool57, 2007-04-30: 19:09:00

And would you believe I'm changing my first name to Whittier? I'll remember to be careful of that! - mplsbohemian, 2007-04-30: 21:24:00

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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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Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: clique-shay

Sentence: If Marcy's clikche doesn't subside, I am going to have to get out the arsenic. NO, it's for me.

Etymology: Clik + Cliche

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: oh see theeeeees

Sentence: His ohseethese led to an RSI, two STDs amd eventually, a P45.

Etymology: oh see these OCD

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: web/dex/iety

Sentence: When checking to see if her numerous items on e-Bay sold, wwwebdexiety 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 than a second ago for her items.

Etymology: WWWEBDEXIETY - noun - from WWWEB (world wide web) + INDEX (a reference table that contains the keys, or references needed to address computer data items) + INDEX FINGER (the forefinger) + ANXIETY (distress, or uneasiness of mind caused by fear; tense desire, or eagerness)

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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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Created by: brightetes8

Pronunciation: (ree-fresh-uh-klik-may-nee-uh)(NOUN)

Sentence: His refreshaclickmania led him to wasted hours on the same web page.

Etymology: refresh as in reloading a web page + a -a pronoun + click as in the most common action used on a computer mouse + mania as in a obsessive disorder that is compulsive and sometimes leads to hysteria.

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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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