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DEFINITION: A technological innovation that doesn't work as expected because "normal people" can't figure out how to use it.
Verboticisms
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Unworkything
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Why can“t people create normal things and not such unworkythings.
Etymology:
Chagrinnovation
Created by: phonematode
Pronunciation: shu/grin/oh/vay/shun
Sentence:
Etymology: chagrin + innovation
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COMMENTS:
Good blend. With some good cognates possible such as chagrinnova, chagrinnovati. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-15: 18:35:00
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Techolera
Created by: frenchprof
Pronunciation: tek cholera
Sentence: Tech Persons infected with techolera have massive logorehea.
Etymology: du vieux francais, bilieux, se faire de la bile.
Inscrutivation
Created by: Nettle
Pronunciation: in-skru-ti-VAY-shun
Sentence: Martin encountered the familiar feeling of frustration while trying to cope with the inscrutivative new version of Windows.
Etymology: inscrutable + innovation
Technolocheese
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: tek-nall-oh-cheez
Sentence: I was sucked in by another infomercial and ended up with a $50 piece of technolocheese.
Etymology: technology, cheese (as in cheesy, chintzy)
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COMMENTS:
Very Gouda! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-14: 10:43:00
cheez whiz purple - this is tough but how's this for your Friday jingle - I goudave danced all night - I goudave danced all night and stilton begged for more... - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-14: 10:45:00
Aw cheese, now I'm hungry AND have a show tune stuck in my head! - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-14: 10:50:00
Pretty cheesy, but I'm a sucker for Cheesies while screwing up my computer so I can certainly relate and vote for your word!!! - Stevenson0, 2007-09-14: 12:50:00
Sounds like she paid a mozza, Ella, for that technolocheese. Reggie Arno is a sucker for these kinds of things too.
Don't roquefort, don't roquefort baby. Don't roquefort, don't dip the ricotta. - petaj, 2007-09-15: 01:29:00
That often happens to me too Purp. But don't tell me "cheese and kisses!" - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-15: 18:48:00
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Shlupgrade
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: shh lupp grey d
Sentence: every shlupgrade was supposed to make him feel more empowered, but ended up making feel he had slipped a couple of rungs further down the evolutionary ladder.
Etymology: upgrade, shlupp
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COMMENTS:
nice to have your sense of humour back in the game - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-14: 10:15:00
I like it! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-14: 10:46:00
It's enough to make anyone feel greyed out. - petaj, 2007-09-15: 01:31:00
Perhaps Darwin didnt go far enough: some members of our species may have started on the way back! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-15: 18:44:00
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Glitechnovation
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: gli-tek-noh-vay-shun
Sentence: The entire process in learning the new phone system soon became an exercise in patience. The obvious glitechnovation made her want to stick pins in her eyes.
Etymology: glitch + techno combined
Compfusion
Created by: loofarama
Pronunciation: comp-few-shun
Sentence: even things like floppy discs gave him compfusion. "where was that dang little switch for unlocking it?"
Etymology: computer + confusion
Friggen
Created by: azaria202
Pronunciation: Frig-gen
Sentence: You friggen person.
Etymology: another word for fucking

Comments:
enatefox - 2007-09-17: 11:01:00
neurotypicalastize