Verboticism: Precypher
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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Lingjist
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: ling/jist
Sentence: A talented lingist can unravel the meaning of any text.
Etymology: linguist + gist
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COMMENTS:
Good one Porsche! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-15: 19:03:00
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Cybertexterity
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: sahy-ber-TEKS-ter-i-tee
Sentence: Bob was worried when he recieved an email, in cyberslang, saying: " i h8 u q-tip!" His grandson, Thomas, who had cybertexterity with rab, told him: " don't let it 'k' your 'b' it's t-i-c and p2c2e."
Etymology: 1. cybertexterity:blend of cyber, text & dexterity. 2.q-tip:an elderly, white-haired person. 3."k" his "b": bug him. 3."t-in-c":tongue in cheek. 4. rab :level of understanding above the general knowledge of a given subject. 5.p2c2e:too complicated too exp
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COMMENTS:
yikes! no idea what that means - I have very litte cybertexterity (great word) - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-15: 13:03:00
Yep, I like it too! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-15: 19:01:00
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Textititis
Created by: sipsoccer
Pronunciation: (Text-a-ty-tus)
Sentence: What the heck? You got textititis or something? I can't read your texts.
Etymology: Text: what you do or see. ititis: diseased
Textcrapolate
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: text-cra-poh-late
Sentence: Although the message may have been written in Sanskrit, Bob was able to textcrapolate that he was to pk up da kdz aftr wrk.
Etymology: text, crap, extrapolate
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COMMENTS:
good one purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-15: 08:55:00
Nice bit of cyberdazzle! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-15: 17:39:00
y, thnk ya! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-15: 18:58:00
gets my vote :) - badsnudge, 2007-11-15: 22:25:00
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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)
Confunderstand
Created by: jkernen1
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The jibberish you texted wasn't easy to confunderstand.
Etymology: confuse + understand
Cypherfathom
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sīfərfaðəm
Sentence: Harry spent his career breaking coded messages in his job at the NSA. Despite this he has trouble trying to cypherfathom emails and texts from his kids.
Etymology: cypher (a secret or disguised way of writing) + fathom (understand)
Dyslexicon
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: diss leks ik ohn
Sentence: he was a walking dyslexicon, the sweet spell of success.
Etymology: dyslexic lexicon
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COMMENTS:
The dyslexicon in your sentence is a noun. - buffalocargo, 2015-08-21: 09:03:00
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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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