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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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Overblog
Created by: LonePaladin
Pronunciation:
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Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
I wanted to use 'blogroll' because it would encapsulate the words 'blog', 'logroll' and 'bogroll' all in one. It's been used, though. Pity. - LonePaladin, 2007-04-12: 00:36:00
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Autogossip
Created by: tbAG84
Pronunciation: or-tow-goss-ip
Sentence: If you tweet about brushing your teeth and again about flossing you may just be an autogossip.
Etymology: auto- to do yourself gossip- to painstakingly and prolifically recount of intimate details.
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COMMENTS:
You shouldn't auto be one! Good word. - Nosila, 2009-10-29: 00:38:00
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Tecknowledgeme
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: teck-noll-idj-me
Sentence: i am now putting in my sentence to contextualize tecknowledgeme having just completed the pronunciation...which i think went quite well... and after i've done this i'm going to do the etymology..
Etymology: technology, acknowledge me
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COMMENTS:
brilliant sentence! - sunny09, 2007-04-11: 22:51:00
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Nanarrate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: nan'ə-rāt'
Sentence: Hearing Joyce nanarrate the removal of her toe jam, ear wax and naval lint for 45 minutes left Todd with a numb cell-phone ear and an urge to smack someone.
Etymology: nano, prefix for billionth, used to describe technology on the microscopic, even molecular, level; narrate, to tell or relate.
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COMMENTS:
Clever bend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-18: 06:46:00
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Webbore
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: web + bore
Sentence: I don't read his blog, it's just a webbore about what happened to him every single day.
Etymology: Guess!
Cybore
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: CYber+BORE
Sentence: Sometimes I wish we did not have all these high-tech connections, especially when she cybores me with some inane blow-by-blow in unbearable high-def detail.
Etymology: CYber+BORE
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COMMENTS:
I like it...simple and concise! - Nosila, 2008-06-17: 22:47:00
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Nonsensicall
Created by: Johnnymac123
Pronunciation: non sense e call
Sentence: I recieved another nonsensicall from james today.
Etymology:
Technoblab
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: TEK-no-blab
Sentence: The woman in front of me at the curry stand was so busy technoblabbing about buying curry that I finally had to tell her to hang up and pay the man. "Some guy just told me to hang up and pay", she continued, oblivious.
Etymology: techno (logy) + blab (run off at the mouth)
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