Verboticism: Moniterosion
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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Nakey
Created by: giIIyp
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Which key is that? N? M? I never know, they are both so nakey.
Etymology: I do not know why, but I wear out the N and M keys - my naked keys.
Keypetitive
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kee/pet/i/tiv
Sentence: Because she didn't own a joystick, the letters 's' and 'l' disappeared from her keyboard because of the constant keypetitive tapping, clicking and pushing required by the computer game.
Etymology: KEYPETITIVE - from KEY (keyboard) + REPETITIVE (repeated over and over)
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COMMENTS:
wow. i remember joysticks. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 12:18:00
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Eekrosion
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: eek ro shun
Sentence: Minnie's mouse was worn away by eekrosion. She had used her computer a million times to meet the demands of her boss, but now the surface was taking on a dull patina and she was sure eekrosion was creeping in. It was a pity, always having to work with a Mouse...but that was the price you paid for going to work at the office of the Disney Corporation!
Etymology: eek (the squealing sound people in cartoons make when they see a mouse) & erosion (condition where the finish or top layer is worn away by wind, water or constant friction) & e-rosion (electronic wearing away of something)
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COMMENTS:
Last week I captured a mouse in a strongbox and released it in the woods. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 12:17:00
This week I cornered a rat in my office and made him apologize for doing something stupid...I think the 4 legged ones would be easier to train... - Nosila, 2008-10-17: 22:17:00
Hahaha...I just detected mouse #2- a close relative of #1, i guess. Time to set up the strongbox again. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-18: 06:40:00
I caught a mousy brown rat weaseling into a pussy's prim pudding. - zxvasdf, 2008-10-18: 15:15:00
Mice are like insects...when you kill one, all his relatives show up for the funeral! - Nosila, 2008-10-18: 23:36:00
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Padtina
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: pad/teena
Sentence: What a lovely padtina you have on your desk remarked a colleague.
Etymology: pad + patina
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-20: 16:45:00
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Mousopecia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: mous-uh-pee-shee-uh
Sentence: Jim has spent most of his career in front of a computer and it shows. His glasses are stronger and his bottom wider. The shiny spot, the mousopecia that is now a part of his computer mouse is almost as smooth as the shiny spot that gleams through his thinning hair. It's good that he is a touch typist seeing that most of the letters printed on his keyboard are almost nonexistent due to tactile erosion.
Etymology: Mouse (a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen) + alopecia (loss of hair; baldness)
Keyflawed
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Kee-flor-d
Sentence: Susan was a perfectionist so when the keyboard on her computer became marked by overuse, she insisted that the shop where she bought it from gave her a replacement due to it becoming keyflawed.
Etymology: Keyboard(a panal of keys for use with a computer) + Flawed(marked,become spoilt) = Keyflawed
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COMMENTS:
nice one - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-17: 11:55:00
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Digilution
Created by: all4word
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The device has clear signs of digilution.
Etymology: digit and devolution or dilution
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
Keyrode
Created by: Buzzardbilly
Pronunciation: key rode
Sentence: When I looked down to hunt and peck my name into the system, I couldn't tell what I was doing because the letters had been keyroded away. -or- It was obvious the computer had seen heavy use because half of the keyboard and both mouse buttons suffered heavy keyrosion.
Etymology: key (from keyboard keys) + rode (from corrode (to wear away through contact over time with chemicals, oils, etc...in the case of keyrosion the oils and ridges of our skin working together to keyrode the plastic finish.
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COMMENTS:
Great word: great debut! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-20: 16:39:00
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