Verboticisms

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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Gotta vote for Gizbo! - texmom, 2007-06-04: 16:52:00

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Created by: sjfrank

Pronunciation: atTRAGitalessize

Sentence: I always attragitalessize about new devices which I read about but don't know what they do.

Etymology: combination word attractive - beautiful; digital - electronic; less - useless; size - verb form; sizer- noun

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: hal-loose-in-o-vate

Sentence: Nick the geek, had all the latest gadgets even though he couldn't use them. But his failure to master them was not enough to stop him hallucinnovating about what new gizmos would be available next week.

Etymology: hallucinate (fantasy vision) + innovation (something new, usually technological)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: in flap u ay shun

Sentence: When he saw her pink electronic device, Kenny had an attack of inflappuation. Like a magpie obsessed with shiny things, he was attracted to all things from cyber space. So bemused was he that he failed to notice Wendy's "device" was actually her container of Secret deodorant. That is why it is strong enough for a man, but made for a woman!

Etymology: Infatuation (an object of extravagant short-lived passion) & App (short for application...a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task)

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Created by: giveaphuk

Pronunciation: badjet

Sentence: she was fascinated by the smooth sleek lines of the otherwise useless badjet

Etymology: badjet - a bad gadget.. something which looks nice but is otherwise useless.

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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.

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Created by: jadenguy

Pronunciation: New - Tin - Spire

Sentence: She coughed into her sleeve as she roamed the back alleys looking for her available dumpster, one left undisturbed by the savage local gearheads; the south side seemed promising, teeming with office parks rented often to failed startups. Her next hit of Newtonspiration would come in the form of a smart-minifridge. The internet would never go want for her milk-status again!

Etymology: Apple Newton + inspire or perspire or maybe just a spire, like the holy thing on churches that doesn't really mean anything in modern Christianity (look it up).

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COMMENTS:

great story as usual jadenguy - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-04: 12:21:00

thanks! i really like to put time into carefully crafting the exact feel of my word through narrative. - jadenguy, 2007-06-04: 12:33:00

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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: Nosila

Pronunciation: eks kwiz mo

Sentence: On their second Christmas together, you'd think he'd have learned. When she opened the fancy wrapping of her gift, she was blown away by the deep flamingo colour, studded in rhinestones. It looked high-tech, but gorgeous and she tried to guess what was the real purpose of this exquizmo present. He'd selected it himself in a store and thought it was pretty. A few minutes later their warm cozy Christmas morning turned icy when she realized it was a fancy ladies' razor. "Am I really that hairy?" she demanded. Yes, he should have learned after last year's fiasco...when he bought her a fancy new broom and she exploded, "Am I supposed to ride this to work???"

Etymology: Exquisite (of extreme beauty;lavishly elegant and refined;of delicate composition and artistry) & Quiz (What is it?) & Gizmo (a device that is very useful for a particular job;something whose name is either forgotten or not known)

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Created by: blacklotus90

Pronunciation: kun-triv-ee-ance

Sentence: That new RSS-reading toaster is nothing more than a contriviance!

Etymology: Contrivance (a device to perform a certain task) + Trivial (pointless, useless, futile)

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