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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.

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Manecdotal

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: man/ik/doh/tal

Sentence: A manecdotal person never tires of listening to their own accounts of their own life.

Etymology: manic + anecdotal

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metrohumanx MANECDOTAL is very good...kind of intuitive and rolloffatistic. - metrohumanx, 2008-06-17: 14:28:00

like it - galwaywegian, 2008-06-17: 18:43:00

Good one! - Nosila, 2008-06-17: 22:52:00

Excellent - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-19: 05:53:00

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Pratemail

Created by: Elfie

Pronunciation: rhymes with hate-mail

Sentence: Jenny dictated yet another pratemail to her friend, as her hands were fully occupied.

Etymology: combined from "prate" - to blather on in annoying fashion, and "mail", a missive or message sent electronically or physically to another person.

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Decrapulate

Created by: arms55

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Banalcast

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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)

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Mediocratic

Created by: WhiteRhino

Pronunciation: Mead-ee-ya-crah-tic

Sentence: She was completely Mediocratic the other day, I couldn't take it.

Etymology: Media, -cratic

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Neurothick

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: neuro tik

Sentence: she is always on the phone she has got a neurothick

Etymology: like in neuro and thick

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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

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Pradget

Created by: arms57

Pronunciation:

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Tweeterdum

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: twētərdəm

Sentence: Her user name is Tweet16. Whether on Twitter, her blog, her MyFace or SpaceBook account, she inundates the blathersphere with the mynutia of her life. She is the voice of tweeterdum. Does she have anything interesting to say? She could bore the stink off a skunk.

Etymology: Tweeter (A micro-blog post on the Twitter social network site, or the act of posting on it) + dumb (stupid) A play off of Tweedledum, one of the twins in Lewis Carroll\'s Through the Looking Glass.

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Communarrate

Created by: davedave

Pronunciation: /kəˈmyunnæreɪt/

Sentence: My sister communarrated all night about how she wanted to change her hair part.

Etymology: communicate < Latin 'commūnicātus' (past part. of commūnicāre) to impart, make common + narrate < Latin 'narrātus' (past part. of narrāre) to relate, tell, say

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talk about splitting hairs! - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-17: 05:59:00

metrohumanx I like COMMUNARATE. I think a successful word should be pronounceable on the first go... cleverness must be secondary. - metrohumanx, 2008-06-17: 14:23:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-11: 00:31:00
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!

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-06-17: 14:25:00
MANECDOTAL is very good...kind of intuitive and rolloffatistic.

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-06-17: 14:48:00
MONOTOLOG is another classic. Simple yet funny.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-28: 00:44:00
Today's definition was suggested by Alchemist. Thank you Alchemist. ~ James