Verboticisms

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: dig/i/tawk

Sentence: The need to multitask by watching 3 tv shows, the stock market, CNN and have a conversation with his girlfriend, made digitalking a must.

Etymology: digital + k or digital + talk

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I think that's more like digibalking (refusing to engage in conversation) - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-11: 11:48:00

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Created by: lebeast

Pronunciation: tron-ver-sayte

Sentence: Kim didn't realize that the entire time she spoke of the mole on her left thigh that seemed to be changing color, Marty was tronversating to avoid missing the rose ceremony on The Bachelor.

Etymology: Electronics+Conversation

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: nänvərsāshən

Sentence: If Bill is on the computer or the TV is on Sally can count on a lively nonversation.

Etymology: non (not) + conversation (the informal exchange of ideas by spoken words)

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Created by: ahwinters

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

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Created by: spickaspanner

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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: 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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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'fol-tE-"task/

Sentence: Natasha liked to pretend that she could check her messages on her cell phone while listening to the lecture, but her teacher knew that she was merely faultitasking.

Etymology: From faulty + multitasking

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My teachers hate when I'm faultitasking. Thank goodness I have a laptop so they can't tell. I'm sure my marks would suffer if the knew... - wordmeister, 2007-01-11: 09:50:00

Trust me, they know. As a teacher, I can say that with confidence. What gets on teachers' nerves is not so much when you aren't paying attention but when you're being obvious about it. It's the same difference between trying not to get into a conversation with someone you don't like at a party and actively ignoring everything they say. - ErWenn, 2007-01-11: 20:17:00

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Created by: Tobester

Pronunciation: ant-en-shun

Sentence: Joe had mastered the remarkable ability to keep his antenntion on both the TV and his wife

Etymology: antenna and attention

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: mull TV task

Sentence: conversations were always strange when rick was trying to multvtask. He was useless at it.

Etymology: from multi task and tv.

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