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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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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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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.
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
Clicketytwit
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: KLIK eh tee TWIT
Sentence: Jan doesn't need instant messaging capability because she is more inclined to clicketytwit her twitter page, Hotmail mailbox, and Facebook page in quick succession to see if she has any new messages. She doesn't even remember what "real time" is anymore. She likes to rapidly clicketytwit on Evite to see "Who is Coming" or who has sent "Regrets" to her parties and gatherings. She was busy doing this one late morning, sitting around in her pajamas, when she suddenly realized one of the events she had posted an invitation for was her own wedding, and that it was about three hours later that same day!
Etymology: Click + lickety-split (rapidly) + twit (could refer to twitter, or to a person who is a twit, take it however you like)
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COMMENTS:
clickitydoodah - Nosila, 2009-11-16: 23:01:00
It can be maddening to have to wait for the computer to update, enough to clicketyspit. - artr, 2009-11-19: 12:49:00
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Refreshaclickmania
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.
Flickerclicker
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: flikərklikər
Sentence: Bob is a habitual flickerclicker. His obsessive mouse clicking has caused more than one office mate to ask for a transfer. Even his computer has been known to shut down in protest.
Etymology: flicker (make small, quick movements; flutter rapidly) (an American woodpecker) + clicker (a device such as a computer mouse that clicks)
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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Multimousing
Created by: billnruth
Pronunciation: multi-mouse-ing
Sentence: John was at it again, the hand going ten to the dozen, multimousing without a thought for the poor mouse. Completely unproductive, known in the office as having a serious dose of the MMs.
Etymology: multi -- meaning many times (lat) mouse -- plastic rodent at the end of a wire or increasingly wireless (OE/mod Am)
Remousing
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: re-mous-ing
Sentence: Ralph was quickly remousing his computer in order to win the bid on Flea-Bay.
Etymology: Re - To repeat. Mouse - A computer mouse with the most common standard features: two buttons and a scroll wheel, which can also act as a third button. In computing, a mouse is a pointing device that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface. Physically, a mouse consists of an object held under one of the user's hands, with one or more buttons. Ing - The act of a remouser that's remousing.
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