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DEFINITION: n., A slow computer with insufficient memory; also, a slow-thinking husband. v., To take an extraordinarily long time to respond to a relatively simple request.
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Lapsetop
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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Datasaurus
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")
Isloth
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)
Dimwidget
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dimwijit
Sentence: Joyce isn*t sure why but she still carries around her antique, dimwidget Palm Pilot. It*s slow to use, has few functions that she couldn*t achieve with a scrap of paper and it glitches out whenever she actually needs it to perform a function. When she complains to her dimwidget husband, his only suggestion is that she get new batteries. She just might replace both items soon.
Etymology: dimwit (a stupid or silly person) +widget (a small gadget or mechanical device)
Lacktarded
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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Computiledysfunction
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: com-pew-tile-dis-funk-shun
Sentence: It may happen to a lot of guys, but Kimberly refused to let ComputileDisfunction stand in her way of a satisfying online social life. "They get old and the spark just isn't there, where it counts, the memory data register." She said as she unpacked her newest computer; "This one will last about a year, I like 'em young." When asked about the prospect of using her new hardware to find a mate, the logic didn't compute: "This is why I don't have a husband. Who needs one?"
Etymology: computile (bend of computer + futile) + dysfunction (not working properly.) Play on "erectile dysfunction"
Islack
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: i-slak
Sentence: I don;t know who's the bigger i-slack: my slow virus riddled computer or my lazy husband who sits in front of it all day looking at naughty sites.
Etymology: i-mac: popular computer brand + slack
Calcuwait
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: cal-cyou-wait
Sentence: My computer, my husband, my boss, and my kids, drive me crazy with their calcuwaiting.
Etymology: A play on calculate,you and wait ... calcuwait ... a verb to describe any thing or anyone who is slow to respond!
Historaeon
Created by: bananabender
Pronunciation: his - tor - EE - on
Sentence: By the time my historaeon computer processes a simple data entry the results have already become ancient history.
Etymology: historian - a writer or compiler of history, + aeon - an age, an infinitely long period
Nimpcompute
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: nim-com-PUTE
Sentence: He was such a nimpcompute that would not respond to non-electronic communications
Etymology: nincompoop + compute
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by gemmgemms. Thank you gemmgemms. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by gemmgemms. Thank you gemmgemms. ~ James