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DEFINITION: v. To engage in conversation while using a technical device, like a TV or computer, to keep you sharp, in case the discussion gets dull. n. A two-way conversation which is technically one-sided.

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Remotehearing

Created by: Psychicsi

Pronunciation: Re-moa-t-hear-ing

Sentence: Bob was keenly watching generic sport on TV while remotehearing "I love you too" to his nagging wife.

Etymology: Like remote viewing (the ability to psychicly draw a place never visited), remotehearing is the ability to answer questions in a conversation you are not listening to (while using a remote control).

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Oh... Now I know what my wife means when she says I'm too remote. - wordmeister, 2007-01-11: 09:52:00

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Nearhear

Created by: chrislikesholidays

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Gadchat

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Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: gaj-chat

Sentence: Tim was inseparable from his gadgets. He could not put them down, even to talk to his nearest and dearest. As a result of bitter experience, his family would try to impart important information only during gaps in the gadchat (channel changes, game loading). Yet Tim invariably forgot - or never knew - much of what he had been told.

Etymology: gad (to move restlessly or aimlessly from one place to another) + chat. Wordplay on 'gadget'.

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Techversation

Created by: evhershey

Pronunciation: tek-ver-say-shun

Sentence: I had a techversation with my girlfriend when I was playing World of Warcraft while talking to her on the phone. Warhammer!!

Etymology: technology + conversation

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Techonversate

Created by: celebrityskyn

Pronunciation: teck/on/verse/ate

Sentence: Don't techonversate with me when I'm telling you something important!

Etymology: "Tech" is derived from "technology" and "onversate" is derived from "conversate," which isn't really a word but has nonetheless worked its way into the lexicon and refers to conversation.

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Thingamababble

Created by: DasaMan

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Technochat

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: teck-no-chat

Sentence: He sighed and, summoning all of his dexterity, he changed channels before saying, "great honeymoon"

Etymology: techno and chat - obvious, I would have thought.

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Remotiverse

Created by: chris

Pronunciation: rim-ote-i-verse

Sentence: Despite having confidence in his ability to remotiverse, Edward entirely missed the bit where his girllfriend said she was leaving him

Etymology: remote (control and be remote from) + converse

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Tonezoning

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: Tone-zone-ing

Sentence: As Jill barked out orders, David sits tonezoning, using his remote to tune her out.

Etymology: Tone, a noise or sound. zoning, to drift off, tune out the surrounding noise.

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Talktask

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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Comments:

ErWenn - 2007-01-11: 20:23:00
I like this definition. If there were a good word (or phrase, more likely) for this, I'd actually consider using it. Same with yesterday's.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-01-12: 04:34:00
Hey Erwin, Thanks for the complement on the definition. I appreciate your feedback! So which word are you going to use? Maybe Faultitasking or Digitalk? How about Flipversation? Or if you want something short -- Gabget? ~ James