Verboticisms

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: multi-talk

Sentence: Bill tended to multitalk meaning that he would try to watch tv while talking at the same time.

Etymology: multitask + talk

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: dis-CHAT-see-ah

Sentence: He's got dyschatsia so bad that he can listen to his wife, play World of Warcraft, and watch TV at the same time.

Etymology: See "dyslexia."

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: di/a/log/di/ver/shun

Sentence: To engage in dialoguediversion while operating the TV remote control was no easy feat, especially with the Queen of Loneliness at his side.

Etymology: dialogue + diversion

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Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: tok-task

Sentence: Peter, addicted as he was to the Ernest movies, preferred to talktask while they were playing.

Etymology: talk + task to multitask, where one of the tasks is conversation

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: mek kon ver say shun

Sentence: Gary always conducted a mechonversation with his wife...that way he could multitask and play some useful game while she nagged him about the time he wasted.

Etymology: Mechanized (the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware) & Conversation (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: TEK-no-babl

Sentence: Lance is a techie dweeb and a social nerd so it just comes natural to him to sprinkle all kinds of technobabble in all of his conversations, a practice that really irritates his fiancé, Paula, as she is totally techno illiterate.

Etymology: Blend of 'technology' (the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life) and 'babble' (To utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds)

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: pre-con-vers

Sentence: "Rachel, do you want me to preconverse this to you? I remember every word. I'll even add some beat."

Etymology:

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: tek - nur - sate

Sentence: When Lila wants to talk to Milton about something important; like their relationship, all he manages to do is technersate. He watches TV or uses the computer while she pours her heart out.

Etymology: technical, converse, conversation

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'fol-tE-"task/

Sentence: Natasha liked to pretend that she could check her messages on her cell phone while listening to the lecture, but her teacher knew that she was merely faultitasking.

Etymology: From faulty + multitasking

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COMMENTS:

My teachers hate when I'm faultitasking. Thank goodness I have a laptop so they can't tell. I'm sure my marks would suffer if the knew... - wordmeister, 2007-01-11: 09:50:00

Trust me, they know. As a teacher, I can say that with confidence. What gets on teachers' nerves is not so much when you aren't paying attention but when you're being obvious about it. It's the same difference between trying not to get into a conversation with someone you don't like at a party and actively ignoring everything they say. - ErWenn, 2007-01-11: 20:17:00

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Created by: lebeast

Pronunciation: tron-ver-sayte

Sentence: Kim didn't realize that the entire time she spoke of the mole on her left thigh that seemed to be changing color, Marty was tronversating to avoid missing the rose ceremony on The Bachelor.

Etymology: Electronics+Conversation

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