Verboticisms

Created by: bosstown

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Sentence: Linda stopped asking "Does this dress look alright"? after developing an intolerance for spousalpause.

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ram - nor - am - uss

Sentence: Elbert was a dull witted ramnoramus and on a par for memory with Esmerelda's ancient computer.

Etymology: RAM (computer memory) and ignoramus.

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: sahy-ber-THAWL

Sentence: When Bob told Roxie that he thought telenetting was a good way to keep birds off their TV antenna, she quickly realized that her humdrum glacimate was a cyberthal, a few hubabytes short of the perfect partner.

Etymology: CYBERTHAL: blend of cyber - a common prefix coined foe electronic or computer-related concepts & the "thal" of NEANDERTHAL - fig. one unenlightened, slow, stupid. Glacimate; 2.(blend of glacier & mate) 3. Hubabyte (hubby & byte)

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COMMENTS:

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-07: 12:06:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: laps/top

Sentence: This laspsetop is completely useless. Every time I move the mouse the screen saver comes on.

Etymology: laptop + lapse

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COMMENTS:

I like it! - direwookiee, 2008-01-07: 09:37:00

Very good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-07: 18:02:00

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Created by: Dougalistic

Pronunciation: Lakk-tarr-ded

Sentence: "This ancient PC is completely lacktarded Dave, just like your stupid brain!!!"

Etymology: Lack: –noun 1. deficiency or absence of something needed, desirable, or customary: lack of money; lack of skill. This is combined with Retarded, which also means 'to be delayed' or hindered.

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COMMENTS:

Too bad the lacktarded can't shed it like a leotard! Catchy! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-11: 14:12:00

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /dah-tuh-SAWR-uhs/

Sentence: Sarah complained to Jerry, again, that their computer was such a datasaurus, she could take a shower, do her hair and make-up, prepare breakfast, eat, and do the dishes, all before the 'darn thing' was finished booting up. Apparently, he was still plodcessing over that information, after several months of her complaints.

Etymology: data - information (Latin, plural of 'datum') + -saurus - suffix used in the names of extinct reptiles; e.g. brontosaurus (Greek, saûros "lizard")

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Created by: CrayonWarrior

Pronunciation: Kom-pyu-derrh

Sentence: oh no. Lisa's compudurrh had crashed AGAIN. it would break at random times, and it drove her MAD.

Etymology: Computer. Durrh - sound made when mocking a stupid person

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Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: eye-sloth

Sentence: My husband and computer are iSloths. They're just so slow.

Etymology: iPod + sloth (as in slow and or lazy)

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: mul-ti-task-a-day-sic-al

Sentence: Jim was completely multitaskadaisical around the house, so Sharon decided to tweak his processor. She cleaned out the cache from his memory bank and went shopping for a newer model, one that had a bigger hard drive and was more reponsive, preferably something that had style and would be able to go with her on trips or just out for coffee.

Etymology: multitask: concurrent operation of a central processor of two or more processes requiring a sufficient processor + lackadaisical: lazy, slow, idle

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COMMENTS:

Multinificent word! - Nosila, 2010-04-04: 01:29:00

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Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: nim-com-PUTE

Sentence: He was such a nimpcompute that would not respond to non-electronic communications

Etymology: nincompoop + compute

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