Verboticisms

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: ad-clik-shun

Sentence: after 3 hours of compulsive refreshing, he realised he had a serious addclicktion

Etymology: addiction, click

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Created by: Splosion

Pronunciation: Web - blink - ing

Sentence: I don't blink when looking at webpages; I webblink, letting the page do it for me.

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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: re-fresh-a-hol-ic

Sentence: Bill was a refreshaholic and compulsively would recheck his email and favorite blogs for updates.

Etymology: refresh + aholic

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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)

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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: Pasicheio

Pronunciation: Re-Fresh-Oh-Hall-Ism

Sentence: Jerry is a refreshoholic when it comes to news websites

Etymology: Refresh; Alcoholism

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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: 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

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: click + see + uh

Sentence: I have a mild case of clicksia when it comes to my online banking, I check it a good 10 times a day.

Etymology: click + um, diseases that end in "sia."

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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.

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