Verboticisms

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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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: won ver say shun

Sentence: Sally knew that a conversation with Leonard was impossible due to his dependence on tecnical toys, so it would have to be another oneversation. They no longer had exchanges, they had x-boxchanges. They didn't dialogue, they monologued. Even their lovelife was virtual...virtually non-existant. She needed a real man to fill the droid-void of her present partner. Maybe she should try e-harmony???

Etymology: One (single, alone) & Conversation (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)

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Created by: whimsy

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Bill was technoccupied with the sports game and only cheered as his team scored, not realizing that his girlfriend had just announced her intention to break up with him.

Etymology: technology + occupy (busy)

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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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COMMENTS:

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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Created by: chrislikesholidays

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Created by: chofu67

Pronunciation: flip ver sa shun

Sentence: I watched as they conducted a flipversation - she talking of her boyfriend problems while he nodded and stared at the continuous string of changing images on his new plasmsa TV.

Etymology: flip = change from one thing to the next; conversation

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Created by: egonschiela

Pronunciation: geek speek

Sentence: Maurice was frustrated by her interruptions and inability to understand his geekspeak, which to his mind was answering her questions perfectly.

Etymology: geek (computer buff) speak (talk)

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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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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: StephLeeY

Pronunciation: hypno-verbal-comm

Sentence: Peter lost interest in the conversation because he became hypnoverbalcommed by the shiny object.

Etymology: hypnosis, verbal, communication.

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