Verboticisms

Created by: mscoxie

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: so shal meet ee yaaaah

Sentence: When Chatty Cathy called Twitter Twila and Facebook Fanny to describe her latest ablutions, they raced to blog it first and let the world know. Do you really need this socialmeetiagh, Cathy? People thought you were boring before, but now they have it in writing. P.S. Get your 15 minutes of fame by doing something worthwhile!

Etymology: Social Media (blogging;Facebook, Twitter,etc); Social (marked by friendly companionship with others) & Meet (get together;interact)& Agh! (Make it stop! it's painful!)

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: trayht-ig-zist-OI-uh

Sentence: Bob's tritexistoia was so ridiculously out of control that he spent the greater part of his waking hours telling,in the most minutissimic details, anyone who would listen to him of his plans to produce computerised models of the 555 sewing needles in his collection.

Etymology: TRITE. adj:lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale; banal; commonplace ideas. I.T: initialism for Informational Technology. EXIST: vb.:to have an existence, be extant; be alive, -nOIA suffix. In mild form "-oia" may consist in the "strange behaviour" exhibited in persons commonly called "cranks."

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COMMENTS:

sounds like a legitimate ailment - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-17: 13:58:00

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Created by: Ellemorpheus

Pronunciation: Ex-pon-dough-log

Sentence: Her mother launched a long expondologue, filled with details she neither remembered or cared for.

Etymology: Expond-expound ologue-monologue

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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

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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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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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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: twit-erk-sum

Sentence: Molly didn't realise how twittirksome her obsession with photographing her meal and posting it on Twitter before the starter even arrived had become. It was why Jim dumped her. Not that she really minded: she could now tweet every 30 seconds as she went through the five stages of grief, from denial to acceptance.

Etymology: Twitter (social networking site) + irksome (irritating, annoying)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: ob/cell

Sentence: Jenny would obcell with her best friend. 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 her boyfriend to purchase the call display and call block features for his phone.

Etymology: obsess + obsessed + cell

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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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