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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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Blomit
Created by: CanMon
Pronunciation:
Sentence: You can tell when Susan has had a million insignificant things occur in her day--her laptop is covered in blomit.
Etymology: Combination of vomit and blog.
Blogivia
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: blo giv i a
Sentence: Frank stopped reading Janes' online diary because it was packed full of blogivia
Etymology: from blog and trivia
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.)
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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Twitarrate
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: twit-ar-rate
Sentence: Monica felt like she needed to twitarrate every boring detail of her boring life to anyone who cared to know what she was doing at every moment and how she felt about it. Sadly, no one really cared what she was doing and she blogged and twittered to no one.
Etymology: twitter: a free social commentary and micro blogging tool that describes what the tweeter feels or is doing at a particular moment + narrate: to give an account or description; to supply a running commentary
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.
Bloggerism
Created by: missprivate
Pronunciation: blo·gur'·ism
Sentence: Katie told me all about her Rice Krispies today; she has such a bad case of bloggerism.
Etymology:
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