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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.
Verboticisms
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Talknology
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: tork-noll-oh-gee
Sentence: she downloaded 3 songs and looked up 2 interesting videos on youtube while he explained the highlights of his fishing trip... it was talknology at its best
Etymology: talk, technology
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COMMENTS:
That's good talknology. At least both people were happy - wordmeister, 2007-01-11: 09:55:00
talknology....bringing people closer together - rikboyee, 2007-01-11: 16:00:00
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Multislacking
Created by: Thunderfoot
Pronunciation:
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Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
That's a pretty good one. - ErWenn, 2007-01-11: 20:20:00
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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.
Technobabble
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)
Converstraction
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: con-ver-strac-shen
Sentence: While Kate attempted a conversation, Peter was watching TV, making it a more one-sided converstraction.
Etymology: conversation + distraction
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
Pignore
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: pig-nor
Sentence: John's wife would talk, and talk, and talk. But he didn't mind. He just pignored her, and nodded while he played hangman on his iphone. He didn't even notice when she unplugged it -- the batteries were still half full. And he had just figured out the last letter when she wrapped the cord tightly around his neck.
Etymology: pi (the number 3.14159265, a symbol for techies)+ pig + ignore
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COMMENTS:
easy as Pi...good word! - Nosila, 2009-08-14: 12:19:00
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Dialogout
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: die-a-log-OUT
Sentence: Jim's first two divorces were due to arguments with his wives. Then he bought an iPod and was able to dialogout any conflict.
Etymology: dialogue + log out
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.
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