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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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Bordomolution
Created by: GreatRandew
Pronunciation: Bor-dom-o-lut-ion
Sentence: he was such a bordolution that he was able to distract himself with multiple electronic devices, Listing to an ipod while playing on the computer, while talking to a friend while watching a movie.
Etymology: boredom + solution
Comediate
Created by: IanArcher
Pronunciation: ko-MEE-dee-ate
Sentence: She was all blah blah blah talking talking, and so I turned on the stereo to comediate.
Etymology: from "co-" and "media," with a semi-intentional sonic similarity to "comedy."
Gadchat
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'.
Technoccupy
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)
Dialoguediversion
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
Techtalk
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: TEK-talk
Sentence: Charles took multitasking seriously, and would often techtalk both at work and at home.
Etymology: Tech - relating to the use of technology Talk - to converse or communicate verbally
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
Semihearing
Created by: bghicks
Pronunciation: semi hearing
Sentence: I was watching TV and semihearing my wife rant
Etymology: semi - half hearing
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