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DEFINITION: v. To obsess over, and fantasize about electronic gadgets even though you can never figure out how they actually work. n. A beautiful but useless gadget.
Verboticisms
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Utensilly
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: you/tense/silly
Sentence: Chris had a workshop full of every utensilly ever sold on the shopping channel.
Etymology: utensil + silly
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COMMENTS:
Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-27: 17:46:00
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Whizzbangst
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: wizz-bangst
Sentence: everytime the electronics catalogue arrived i was filled with whizzbangst
Etymology: whizz bang[new and exciting], angst
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COMMENTS:
jeezwhiz I bet you felt the same way the first time you had celery filled with cheez whiz - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-04: 12:24:00
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Blondoodad
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: blohn-DOO-dad
Sentence: *insert mystic music here* I see it...my visions are as clear as crystal... In the near future, Paris would carry a blondoodad with her to her prison cell in 2042, for nothing more than reckless driving [did you think she would learn?!]. The police then wouldn't have the mental capacity to figure out what it was so they will let it slide. Hell, even Paris couldn't figure out what it was. The rest of Paris' days in prison will be spent in suffering... having to be watched by jailmen blondoodading over the blondoodad.
Etymology: blonde [because it has been stereotyped that blondes have more fun and are more beautiful, but are brainless and useless; this stereotype, though, is false and should not be used to judge a person. heck, i'll use this though for fun. XD] + doodad
Gizbo
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: giz/bo
Sentence: Joe had one gizbo after another on his desk. He usually bought them from the Dollar Store and they ran on 'AA' batteries, made wonderful sounds, flashed multi-coloured lights and made great conversation pieces, but served no purpose in the real world.
Etymology: GIZBO - noun - from GIZMO (a small specialized mechanical device) + BIMBO (useless, inconsequential, foolish, or stupid)
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COMMENTS:
Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-27: 17:45:00
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Electrowidget
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: e lect o wid jet
Sentence: He bought the $600 red electrowidget as a gift for himself on Father's Day even though he had no clue what it was.
Etymology: electro - run by electricity widget - something non-understandable but useful.
Technorant
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: tek /nə / rənt
Sentence: Jamie's Dad couldn't quite understand his daughter. "Why do you need a new Iphone?" "Whats so wrong with the Ipod I got you last year?" "Oh geez DAD!" Jaime whined, "You are SO Technorant!"
Etymology: Blend of Technology and Ignorant
Wowidget
Created by: LonePaladin
Pronunciation: wou-wij-it
Sentence: 1. It's always fun to watch Phillip wowidget over the latest cell phones. 2. Just about everything sold at Sharper Image is a wowidget; nice to look at, but do you really need it?
Etymology: 1. Wow + 'idjit' (slang for idiot) 2. Wow + widget
Nonowhatitis
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: no know what it is
Sentence: nonowhatitis, is it good?
Etymology:
Whatchamashinything
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: wəchəməshīnēθing
Sentence: Ralph loves his gadgets. Though he hardly knows how to use them, he just has to have the newest whatchamashinything.
Etymology: whatchamacallit (used to refer to a person or thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify) + shiny thing (used to express something that is distracting)
Doohickey
Created by: colapop
Pronunciation: \ˈdü-ˌhi-kē\
Sentence: Alice flashed her doohickey at Todd and he was floored. 'Wow, what is that?' he exclaimed, itching to get his hands on the device. 'No no Mister, don't you dare touch my doohickey until you've read the manual' she cooed.
Etymology: 'Doohickey' first originated in 1914, but seems fit for a revival. It derives from the word 'doodad' (gadget) + 'hickey' (love mark)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by shutz. Thank you shutz! ~ James
Read about Jabberwocky's Garden of Verbal Delights in Verbotoweek.
pronunciation: uh-GOG-uh-tek........... sentence:Poor old Ira Gobler was AGOGATECH at his designer's latest device.He was so AGOGATECH that he let the factory's flaccid finances flow into a virtual vat of vapors while he thoughtfully tinkered and tweaked the tin toys and gamboled among the gizmoes generated just beyond the grounded iron gates of the fabrication facility...Someday...he would write an operator's manual...................... etymology: Agog+at+Technology=aGOGatech!
Sometimes my "comments" seem to appear in the wrong places....if only some clever soul would invent a GIZBO to prevent that.
....my brain hurts.....
Today's definition was suggested by shutz. Thank you shutz. ~ James