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'I'm calling to tell you that I'm doing my toes.'

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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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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I like it...simple and concise! - Nosila, 2008-06-17: 22:47:00

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Ovappellarate

Created by: arms58

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Elaboreate

karenanne

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.)

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Technobiograph

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: tehk-noh-BYE-oh-graf

Sentence: Alex technobiographed the assembly of his four-course meal whilst Jenny silently snoozed on the other end of the line.

Etymology: techno- + biograph(y)

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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.

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Obsessarrate

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: uhb - SESS - uh - rate

Sentence: Having always been a drama queen, Samantha believed that everyone else would find even the tiny details of her daily life intriguing. and she would continually osessarrate at great length with her boyfriend Samson in an effort to get him to promote her drama on his blog.

Etymology: Blend of obsess - (beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally) - and narrate - (to relate or recount events, experiences)

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Good one! - lumina, 2008-06-17: 10:37:00

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Twitarrate

mrskellyscl

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

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Nanarrate

Created by: stache

Pronunciation: nan'ə-rāt'

Sentence: Hearing Joyce nanarrate the removal of her toe jam, ear wax and naval lint for 45 minutes left Todd with a numb cell-phone ear and an urge to smack someone.

Etymology: nano, prefix for billionth, used to describe technology on the microscopic, even molecular, level; narrate, to tell or relate.

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Clever bend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-18: 06:46:00

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Obcell

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: ob/cell

Sentence: Jenny would obcell with her best friend about every detail of her life. 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 Joe, her boyfriend, to purchase the call display and call block features for his phone.

Etymology: OBCELL - verb - from - TO OBSESS (to dominate the thoughts, feelings, or desires of a person - in this case herself) + CELL ( as in phone)

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Ha! Hilarious! - lumina, 2008-06-17: 10:41:00

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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.

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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