Verboticism: Shinetalic

DEFINITION: n., A wear mark, or shiny spot, which appears on a heavily used computer touch-pad, mouse or keyboard. v., To wear down or erode through repetitive clicking, tapping or poking.
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Crapdoo
Created by: jeremy21
Pronunciation: /crap-doo/
Sentence: That dude crapdooed on the wrong person. Crapdooing is not the way to go
Etymology: Old american- coming from some old english
Boursoflypord
Created by: garythesnail
Pronunciation: bor-SO-FLY-POORD
Sentence: Felix had many boursoflypords on his keyboard.
Etymology: french 'boursouflure' for blister, + type + keyboard
Mouseketear
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: mouse/keh/tare
Sentence: Sally was so busy scrolling through ebay that she didn't notice that the mousekewear had swiftly become a mouseketear. Now she'd have to go back to WaltMart to pick up another one.
Etymology: mouse + tear (rip) + mouseketeer
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COMMENTS:
Love it! - TJayzz, 2008-10-17: 06:41:00
Very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-19: 00:34:00
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Clickitydip
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kli-kit-ee-dip
Sentence: My son's mouse has already developed a clickitydip - he's either been wearing sandpaper gloves or playing Warcraft way too much.
Etymology: click it, dip
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COMMENTS:
clickitydip barbatrick - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-20: 14:18:00
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Recurscore
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: ri-kur-skohr
Sentence: The mouse attached to that old PC was used so much that there was a recurscore on the left button. It was the exact shape of my finger tip.
Etymology: Recur: Latin recurrere - to occur again + Score: Middle English scoren - to make notches, cuts, marks, or lines in or on.
Erodentia
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: e rode dent sha
Sentence: When Gabby used her computer sll day long, year in, year out, it showed definite signs of erodentia. The poor mouse finally squeaked,croaked and died.
Etymology: e=electronic; Erode (wear away) and Rodentia (small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis)
Erodiousbaldicus
Created by: lafillepirate
Pronunciation: Air-road-ee-us-bald-ih-cuss
Sentence: If he doesn't stop playing computer games, he's going to lose his mouse to erodiousbaldicus.
Etymology: Rumored to have been written on rock polishing kits.
Erodency
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: i-ROHD-uh n-see
Sentence: Bob lived in constant state of click-button erodency with an abrashining mouse and a repitritious keyboard.
Etymology: Blend of "E" for a system of world-wide electronic communication;as in email etc., RODENT: from Mod.L. rodentia, the order name, from L. rodentem (nom. rodens), prp. of rodere "to gnaw, eat away," like a "mouse" and CY: state or condition.
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-17: 11:52:00
Good one!! - TJayzz, 2008-10-17: 14:17:00
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Hardwarewear
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: hard-wair-wair
Sentence: Scranton's keyboard, mouse and mouse pad all bore excessive hardwarewear that included shiny mouse buttons, scuffed mouse pad, keys and space bar worn completely thru from excessive gaming and keyboarding.
Etymology: Blend of hardware and wear
Deteriorashine
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: də/ter/e/or/a/shīn
Sentence: Wendel was proud of the deteriorashine on his keyboard. To him, it was a sign of a hard worker. The fact that most of the printed letters on the keys were almost rubbed off equated to the many hours he spent clacking away. As he ran his hand over the top of his head, he beamed at the thought that heavy-duty use of his brain could also cause deteriorashine.
Etymology: deterioration (become progressively worse) + Shine (reflect light because clean or polished)
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COMMENTS:
great! - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-17: 11:53:00
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