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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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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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Diversation

ubgrud

Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: die-ver-say-shun

Sentence: I got Paul to agree to everything I was saying last night. "Unhunh""Unhunh""Unhunh", he diversated.

Etymology: diversion _ conversation

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Multilisten

Created by: Manhattan

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Technoccupy

whimsy

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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Nearhear

Created by: chrislikesholidays

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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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Ituneout

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: i/tune/out

Sentence: My grandfather lamented that he hated talking to "kids these days" as they always seemed to ituneout him as he was describing how he had to walk to school in three feet of snow, up hill, both ways.

Etymology: i-tune, tune out

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COMMENTS:

It's a technology problem isn't it... - wordmeister, 2007-01-11: 09:46:00

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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

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Gadchat

Carla

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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Electrisponse

Created by: Fenners

Pronunciation: electri + sponse

Sentence: You're very electrisponsive today. Stop watching the news when I'm talking to you!

Etymology: electric + response

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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