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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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Pettscribe
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
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.)
Epicdemic
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: epic/dem/ic
Sentence: She was stricken by the deadly epicdemic that compelled her to constantly think of herself as the only real person on the planet - everyone else was a fictional prop to her story
Etymology: epic + epidemic
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COMMENTS:
I thought I was the only real person. Maybe she's from a different planet... - wordmeister, 2007-04-11: 07:48:00
haven't you ever wondered why skin sometimes feels like paper - yikes!! -been reading too much Jasper Fforde - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-11: 09:01:00
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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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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.
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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Itsallaboast
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: its all a boast
Sentence: It was the sixth time Marcia called me in one day. I looked at my watch and told myself I was only going to give her 5 minutes this time knowing that if I stayed on any longer, she was going to start itsallaboasting again. I mean I love her...but do I really need to know that she just dreamt that she'd was awake?! "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!"
Etymology: Derived from the illness Itsallaboutme an illness whose main symptom is boasting.
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!
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