Verboticism: Syntextify

DEFINITION: v., To grasp the meaning of muddled texts like blog posts, emails and text messages where standard grammatical or spelling conventions have been ignored. n., The ability to read and understand confused or poorly written messages.
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Leeterate
Created by: badsnudge
Pronunciation: ˈlēt-ə-rət
Sentence: "OMG! ure rly noobi5h. lkjlkjlkj" wrote the daughter to her father, which may have otherwise resulted in hurt feelings, but fortunatly, the father was not leeterate (also l33t3r8), and had no idea what she meant, and only figured that there must have been something wrong with her or his phone.
Etymology: l33t + literate.
Geekcoder
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: geek code er
Sentence: Josh could unravel any online message...he was a geekcoder of the top degree. If he had of lived 60 years earlier, he would have been called (The Man Called Incryted`.
Etymology: Geek (nerd, computer whiz) & Coder (someone who can encrypt/decrypt secret messages) Wordplay on Decoder (translater of encrypted messages)
Babelolfishcate
Created by: solocard
Pronunciation: bayb-lol-fish-cayt
Sentence: Even though Jimmy was adamant that his texts were easily understood, it took a while before his parents were able to babelolfishcate his messages.
Etymology: From the term "Babel Fish", mixed with internet speak. Other usages include Babelwtfish.
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COMMENTS:
Got give a vote for a HGTTG reference - petaj, 2007-11-16: 06:51:00
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Jumblreader
Created by: emilylind
Pronunciation: Say jumble then reader
Sentence: He's a amazing jumblreader !
Etymology:
Texhume
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: tex/hume
Sentence: His job was to texhume cryptic messages that had been buried in emails.
Etymology: text + exhume
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COMMENTS:
K-rad ! c u l8r - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-15: 17:37:00
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Cyberfathom
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Sie-ber-fath-um
Sentence: Mary Lou was an old hand at internet communications and could cyberfathom any and all internet shorthand
Etymology: cybernetics and comprehension
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COMMENTS:
neat - nerdkiller, 2007-11-15: 18:34:00
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Txtstand
Created by: abrar
Pronunciation: TEXT-STAND
Sentence: I've received a funny text from the Boss. Please Txtstand me :)
Etymology: Txt( TEXT) stand (understand)
Slatextition
Created by: garythesnail
Pronunciation: Slu-text-i-zhion
Sentence: When her husband sent her an IM, Jane said 'What is this?' Her husband said I have slatextion. It says: Get eggs, coffee and milk at the store, please.
Etymology: Slang+text+suffix "ition"
Dsighfor
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dee sye for
Sentence: Once again Nancy had to try and decode her boss's text message. She always hoped her hunky boss would find her as attractive as she found him and send her a personal message. So far she could only dsighfor his texts, which all seemed to be business related. It did not help that he was such a poor speller and tended to multitask while texting her instructions. The latest message was especially confusing. "Gout 4 drinks? Call" She didn't know if she should pretty herself up and make reservations or call his doctor to make an appointment...
Etymology: Decypher (convert code into ordinary language;read with difficulty) & Sigh For (an utterance made by exhaling audibly; indicating anxiety about one's emotional attachment for someone)
Decyber
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: dee-sigh-bah
Sentence: when i texted 'flz 88 grm nb h5g nnzz' to my friend i was confident he would be able to decyber it
Etymology: decipher, cyber
