Verboticism: Fingeroded
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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Hypermouseration
Created by: mvandyke
Pronunciation: hyper-mouse-er-ation
Sentence: One could easily see the tell tale signs of 'hypermouseration' in Kathies work station.
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Scuffleboard
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: skuff-ul-bord
Sentence: his penchant for using the W A S D keys to control pacman were resulting in a serious case of scuffleboard
Etymology: scuff, key board, shuffleboard
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COMMENTS:
missed this one yesterday - very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-21: 06:02:00
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Pointopecia
Created by: nerdkiller
Pronunciation: point-o-pee-zia
Sentence: Sam scrolled through the entire Boingboing archive until his pointer had mouse pattern pointopecia.
Etymology: alopecia (baldness, pointer (pointing device)
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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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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Abrashine
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: uh-BREY-shahyn
Sentence: Bob lived in canescrapent, click-button cyberia with mice that abrashined, remote controls with repitritus and gnawhite-spotted screens.
Etymology: Abrashine:abrasion:scraped spot or area & shine 2.Repitritus (repitition & detritus) 3. Gnawhite:(gnaw: eat away & white) 4. Cyberia:from "Life in the Trenches of Hyperspace" by Doug Rushkoff. 5.Canescrapent:greyish white & scrape.
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COMMENTS:
poor Bob, what a grind - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-20: 14:17:00
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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)
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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Glisdip
Created by: Poetikat
Pronunciation: gliss dip
Sentence: Over time the little ball under her mouse formed an irrevocable glisdip.
Etymology: glis - from glisten dip - indentation
