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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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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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Fastidimouse
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: fas/ti/dee/mouse
Sentence: Mickey was overly fastidimouse and could not let more than ten seconds elapse before checking his ebay account.
Etymology: fastidious (overly fussy) + mouse
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COMMENTS:
Me likey. :) - lumina, 2008-07-19: 22:23:00
Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-20: 07:12:00
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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.
Missadateaphobia
Created by: scottrobot
Pronunciation: miss-a-date-a-fo-bee-a
Sentence: Sam had Missadateaphobia because he feared that he would miss an update on his favorite website.
Etymology:
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)
Clickflixation
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: clik/fix/ay/shun
Sentence: He was often accused of having a clickflixation because he carried his mouse around in his pocket when he was offline
Etymology: a take on chickflick + click + flick + fixation
Updatelust
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈʌpdeɪtˌlʌst/
Sentence: A watched blog never posts, but this does nothing to lessen the updatelust.
Etymology: From update + lust
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)
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