Verboticisms

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: in/lap/ti/tude

Sentence: Chris' inlaptitude at sorting socks resulted from leaving his laptop at the office.

Etymology: ineptitude + lap top

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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: sigh-burr-space-E

Sentence: Since being diagniosed as cyberspacy, John has begun riding his bike to work because keys are "too much responsibility." He's also given up on the sock thing and only wears sandals. Even then, he's been seen barefoot, one shoe in-hand and searching for the other.

Etymology: "cyber" for the tech dependency + "spacey" for the absentmindedness, also the play on "cyberspace"

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COMMENTS:

Is that Kevin Spacey's brother? - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-19: 12:41:00

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Created by: leaffan001

Pronunciation: gu-gol-o-shis

Sentence: Dependance on search sites.

Etymology: From the web site google.

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COMMENTS:

Good Word - leaffan001, 2007-07-19: 19:39:00

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Created by: dancerxoxox

Pronunciation: gog/tech/hel/pendo

Sentence: The girl could not find her homework and in anger screamed. The teachers knew she had Gogtechelpendo.

Etymology: Google/technology/help/Dependant.

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Oh-ver-pask-jeevs

Sentence: I'm sure whoever made up "Where, oh where, did my little dog go" is suffering from a sever case of Overpaskjeeves.

Etymology: Overpass/overlook (to pass over something unnoticed) + Ask Jeeves (a popular search engine)

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: ihn-kap-ASK-jee-vay-tuhd

Sentence: When Alex reached for a mouse when searching for his can opener, he realised he was thoroughly incapaskjeevated.

Etymology: incapacitated + Ask Jeeves (ask.com search engine)

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-19: 14:41:00

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: loo + s

Sentence: Jon felt like such a loser beause he was a loowwwser. He realised that he had put six pairs of contact lenses in both of his eyes again, layering and layering day after day....

Etymology: to lose + www (as in world wide web)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: yaaaa wheyr

Sentence: he could google it ask jeeves it and yahoo it, but he just couldn't yawhere it. So he made a donation to Saint Anthony via paypal, and lo and behold, it was down the back of the couch, even though it wasn't there the last time he checked.

Etymology: yahoo, ya who, ya where

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Created by: jadenguy

Pronunciation: yah umm

Sentence: “Where is Tiberius? Where is he?” Julius exclaimed. The makeshift portable canopy from umbrellas and duct protected the penguin he was holding from the harsh morning sun. They new taking this long to load them into the truck would be trouble. “Christ, I’m holding him here, you yahumm. Your wikipenguina is of no help, eh?”

Etymology: yahoo (person and service) + umm

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COMMENTS:

this whole continuous story writing thing has been an interesting experience. i'll probably talk about it in depth this weekend on tomorrow's word. man, i never realized how much i could enjoy it, though. - jadenguy, 2007-07-19: 11:29:00

we're enjoying it too jadenguy - now I know what the umbrellas are for - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-19: 11:54:00

But what ever happened to the farmer's daughter? - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-19: 13:50:00

hopefully tomorrow's word will lead me in that direction? - jadenguy, 2007-07-19: 15:10:00

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: All-tuh-viss-tuh-furs

Sentence: Danny usually found things in the last place he looked, which he presumed was all the confirmation that he needed to prove he was joining the ranks of the world population of altavistuffers.

Etymology: Altavista + Alzheimer's + stuff + suffers

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