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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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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
Chronicletwopointoverkill
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: chronicle-2-point-O-verkill
Sentence: Twittering, blogging masses are frittering away their first lives with chronicletwopointoverkill. "Now I'm just logging into Second Life", "must blog this, my fingernail just broke in the keyboard" etc. etc.
Etymology: chronicle + 2.0 (from web2.0) + overkill
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COMMENTS:
Tune in tomorrow for Detail of 2 Geocities. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-11: 06:43:00
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Obcell
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
Monotolog
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: moh noh toh logg
Sentence: Her monotolog was rudely interrupted by the sound of obvious snoring before she had even got as far as describing her lunch appointment.
Etymology: monolog monotony
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COMMENTS:
another funny one - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-17: 13:58:00
GREAT! Simple, funny and concise. - metrohumanx, 2008-06-17: 14:49:00
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-18: 06:45:00
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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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Elaboreate
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: ee LA bore ate
Sentence: Cindy likes to elaboreate on Twitter about her daily adventures. Her tweets include the quantity and consistency of her baby son's diaper contents, and how many ounces of formula he has eaten at each feeding. Apparently it's fascinating to SOMEONE, because she has 1492 "followers."
Etymology: elaborate (v.) + bore (v. or n.)
Expondologue
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
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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Twittertwit
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: twit-er-twit
Sentence: Marsha loves Twitter. She will tell her followers about every detail of her life. Yesterday she proved how much of a twittertwit she is when she tweeted "I'm tweeting right now".
Etymology: twitter (Twitter is an online social networking service and microblogging service) + twit (an insignificant, silly, or bothersome person)
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