Verboticisms

Created by: Katisms1

Pronunciation: geer-OWzed

Sentence: Despite her Luddite leanings, she became increasingly gearoused with every page turn of her Hammacher Schlemmer catalogue.

Etymology: gear + aroused

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Created by: shutz

Pronunciation: e-i-e-i-o, as in "Old McDonald had a farm"

Sentence: He kept buying eieios, and was running out of room to keep the useless but sexy gadgets.

Etymology: Comes from the recent marketing trend of adding e- and i- previxes to otherwise ordinary names to make them hip, current and modern. Also, the "io" part vaguely relates to "input/output", which is intrinsic aspect of all electronic devices, and can also

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COMMENTS:

eieiooooo or eieioh would work as well! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-04: 13:28:00

You got my vote for originality and creativeness! - Stevenson0, 2007-06-05: 21:43:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ya/ba/da/ba/do/dad

Sentence: Fred kept tripping over his big flat feet every time he encountered a new yabadabadoodad.

Etymology: doodad + yabadabadoo

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COMMENTS:

like the roombstodon, the self guided vacuum pachyderm? *wop wop* it's a livin'. - jadenguy, 2007-06-04: 12:36:00

I'd make a comment about Wilma's vibraptor, but that would be sacrilege. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-04: 13:58:00

You rock. *cough* - Osomatic, 2007-06-04: 17:34:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: giz/bo

Sentence: His latest gizbo was a beautiful oak stand with a built in light to hold and display his pet rock.

Etymology: gizmo + bimbo

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COMMENTS:

a pet rock concert.. - Nosila, 2009-12-30: 01:52:00

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Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: Oooh ooohhh ugg ugg flllahhhhh

Sentence: Me like, me want ... me take, so troglobright, so shiny... better than fire, better than wheel... head hurt so shiny.

Etymology: Troglodyte - Bright (lots of light, smart sardonically)

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COMMENTS:

love it...trogolodyte is one of my favourite words! - Nosila, 2011-05-09: 17:26:00

Me like you like, like... hungry - Mrgoodtimes, 2011-05-09: 18:47:00

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: i/frod

Sentence: Jolene's excitement lasted about as long as it took for her to pick up Target's new item. Even though she liked to tell herself she shopped at "Tarjay," tonight she had to admit, their new $4.00 music player was nothing but an Ifraud.

Etymology: I-Usually manufactured by Apple but this time Crapple. Fraud: Something intended to deceive.

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COMMENTS:

bigblue lappy 486 or commodore 16 afficionado ? - metrohumanx, 2008-07-25: 02:17:00

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Bew-tron-ik

Sentence: Al was in awe of Katie's shiny new beautronic device. To his dismay...it was not something he could compute.

Etymology: Taken in part of the word Beautiful: "Beau" - The concept of beauty. Taken in part of the word Electronic- "Tronic" - Of or pertaining to electronics or to devices, circuits, or systems developed through electronics

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: wouwijit

Sentence: Wendell spends much of his spare time in the wowidget store admiring the newest **gotta haves**. The fact that he doesn*t understand them does little to suppress his awe. He does understand that his vocabulary is being truncated by people who don*t have time for all those pesky syllables. He used to buy applications. Now they are just apps. He used to use a telephone. Now it is just a phone (soon to be a pho or fo?) He also knows that he is quickly running out of mon(ey).

Etymology: wow (expressing astonishment or admiration) + widget (a small gadget or device, esp. one whose name is unknown or unspecified)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: GIZ - moe - fet - ish

Sentence: Being smitten with a very passionate gizmofetish, Warren could not pass up any opportunity to fiddle with technological toys or devices and often made a complete fool of himself with his absolute lack of understanding of how they work.

Etymology: Blend of 'gizmo' (A mechanical device or part whose name is forgotten or unknown; a gadget) and 'fetish' (any object, idea, etc., eliciting unquestioning reverence, respect, or devotion)

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COMMENTS:

It's terrible to suffer the stigma of a thingamajig hangup. Damn those deviant doohickeys! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-25: 01:15:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: didge ee drivvle

Sentence: he spoke complete and utter digidrival in a desperate attempt to ingratiate himself with the hot new techie.

Etymology: digital drivel

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