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DEFINITION: v. To compulsively describe, in excruciating detail, the minute events of one's everyday life as it happens; especially when assisted by modern information technology systems. n. A person who feels compelled to "share" every detail of their life, with everyone.
Verboticisms
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Obcell
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ob/cell
Sentence: Jenny would obcell with her best friend about every detail of her life. However, with the new all-you-can-talk plan on her phone, Jenny became totally obcelled, letting everyone know everything she did. This obcellsive behavoiur drove Joe, her boyfriend, to purchase the call display and call block features for his phone.
Etymology: OBCELL - verb - from - TO OBSESS (to dominate the thoughts, feelings, or desires of a person - in this case herself) + CELL ( as in phone)
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COMMENTS:
Ha! Hilarious! - lumina, 2008-06-17: 10:41:00
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Reblogitate
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ɹiˈblɑdʒəˌteɪt/ note the soft "g"
Sentence: I spent a year reblogitating all the gory, trivial details of my life in a long stream of digital diary-a way back in the 1990's before the word "blog," when every one of us web diarists thought we'd invented the idea.
Etymology: from regurgitate + blog
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COMMENTS:
Ah, you were a pop-up blogger back then. BTW, love the word. Sounds great when you stick out your tongue to emphasize the "blah" sound in the middle. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-11: 13:20:00
Yeah it's funny... All this new stuff, new technology, and even new words, and it's really the same old stuff we have been doing forever... - wordmeister, 2007-04-11: 14:15:00
The difference being is that now there's a fad for showing off all this stuff to anyone willing to pay attention. - ErWenn, 2007-04-11: 17:17:00
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Mohbile
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: mow byle
Sentence: if he heard any mohbile from her and her mobile she was going to require a nu-bile.
Etymology: more bile, mobile
Banalcast
Created by: zrotv
Pronunciation: bə-năl-kăst
Sentence: I would appreciate the 'blogosphere' more if it wasnt abused endlessly by peoples banalcasts on their day-to-day. (informal synonyms: tritecast, borecast)
Etymology: banal (Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite) + broadcast (To send out or communicate, especially via modern IT)
Ittention
Created by: Erikv
Pronunciation: Eye-ten-shun
Sentence: After reading her intention post extolling the virtues of being in a Subway at that very moment, I knew I would never have to view the world through unenlightened eyes ever again.
Etymology: I from iPad, iPod etc. Plus attention
Techknowledgme
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: tek - nal - edj - mee
Sentence: Lillian was great with techknowledgme. Using all of the tools at her disposal; her phone, laptop, voicemail, video game system, she made sure that everyone knew where she was and what she was doing at all times.
Etymology: technology, knowledge, me
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COMMENTS:
good word - Nosila, 2009-10-29: 00:37:00
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Diarrheehaa
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: die-ar-hee-ha
Sentence: Michael wondered if his celluar diarrheehaa was a byproduct of his forced constipsaytion at work, so he called one his friends and chat at his desk... This was a big mistake.
Etymology: diary + diarrhea
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COMMENTS:
everyone i know has this proplem. lol - willster, 2007-04-16: 21:21:00
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Pettscribe
Created by: sunny09
Pronunciation: pett-scribe
Sentence: I started screening my calls to avoid my friend calling hourly to pettscribe her doings, only to discover she now sends her pettscriptions to my inbox.
Etymology: petty + describe
Yackberry
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: yak-bair-eee
Sentence: Sue is such a yackberry that she felt the need to call and tell me how many licks it was taking to get the the center of her tootsie pop.
Etymology: yack, blackberry
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Alchemist.
Thank you Alchemist! ~ James
lumina - 2008-06-17: 10:39:00
Funny!
lumina - 2008-06-17: 10:40:00
Great! Love it!
MANECDOTAL is very good...kind of intuitive and rolloffatistic.
MONOTOLOG is another classic. Simple yet funny.
Today's definition was suggested by Alchemist. Thank you Alchemist. ~ James