Verboticism: Eekrosion
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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Moniterosion
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The price you pay for being on everyone's e-mail address book is that you are vulnerable to moniterosion.
Etymology:
Rubburnished
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: rəbbərnishd
Sentence: Allan never was a touch typist. His life became that much more difficult when he discovered that his heavy use had rubburnished the printed letters off the keys on his keyboard. What he has saved by not replacing the keyboard he has spent on sharpie markers.
Etymology: rub (move one*s hand or a cloth repeatedly to and fro on the surface of something with firm pressure) + burnished (polish something, esp. metal by rubbing) a distant cousin of rug burn
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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Eteriorate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ee teer eeo rayt
Sentence: June's computer mouse was so worn it was in the terminal stages of eteriorate. She thumped on it so often everyday that it was in a permanent stage of AOLopecia.
Etymology: deteriorate (to fade away or worsen) & e-terior (electronic exterior) & ate (eaten away)
Alopadcia
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /al-uh-pad-shee-uh/
Sentence: "Does your owner tap on you like a beast? are you losing your hair and colour? Do no wait anymore! STOP IT NOW!!! By using our brand new product called Aminexpad!!! Try it out, or you'll be out!
Etymology: ALOPADCIA. From Alopecia (loss of hair; baldness) + Pad
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-17: 11:53:00
Zounds! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 12:22:00
Hair-iffic! - Nosila, 2008-10-17: 22:25:00
clever - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-19: 00:33:00
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Hardwear
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: hard-wayr
Sentence: Simon's friends referred to his keyboard, mouse and mousepad as his hardwear because of the excessive wear shown on them by his overly rough use.
Etymology: Blend of 'hard' and 'wear', a play on the word 'hardware'.
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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Nervhole
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Look another nervhole.Somebody ger her a xanex,then she'll slow down.
Etymology:
Mousemousseurgeum
Created by: randomizer
Pronunciation: mows-moos-ur-gee-uhm
Sentence: I've been using the wrong mouse and now it has mousemousseurgeum!
Etymology: mouse-mousse-urge-eum
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COMMENTS:
Clever and 100% unique! - randomizer, 2008-10-18: 00:09:00
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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 by the constant keypetitive clicking required by the computer game.
Etymology: key + repetitive
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COMMENTS:
nice - patrick12345, 2007-11-20: 15:37:00
Very good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-20: 16:38:00
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